Anthony Abdy (British Army officer)
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Full name | Anthony John Abdy | ||||||||||||||
Born | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | 26 April 1856||||||||||||||
Died | 4 July 1924 La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland | (aged 68)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1881 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 September 2009 |
Life and military career
The son of John Thomas Abdy, Regis Professor of Law at Cambridge and a County Court Judge, he was born at Cambridge in April 1856. He was educated at Charterhouse School,[1] before attending the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. He graduated from there in to the Royal Artillery (RA) as a temporary lieutenant in August 1876,[2] which was made permanent in March the following year.[3] During his career with the RA, he was known as a capable cricketer with RA cricket team, and played for Essex in 1876, prior to them gaining first-class status.[4] He later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1884.[5] Opening the batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in Hampshire's first innings for 7 runs by Wilfred Flowers, while in their second innings he was dismissed 23 runs by Arnold Rylott.[6]
In the RA, he was promoted to
In April 1913, he was placed on retired pay,
References
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- ^ "No. 24362". The London Gazette. 12 September 1876. p. 4962.
- ^ "No. 24438". The London Gazette. 27 March 1877. p. 2265.
- ^ "A–Z (A1)". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Anthony Abdy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Hampshire, Other First-Class matches in England 1881". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "No. 25425". The London Gazette. 23 December 1884. p. 5920.
- ^ "No. 26425". The London Gazette. 21 July 1893. p. 4135.
- ^ "No. 27282". The London Gazette. 8 February 1901. p. 917.
- ^ "No. 27282". The London Gazette. 8 February 1901. p. 930.
- ^ Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "No. 27427". The London Gazette. 22 April 1902. p. 2693.
- ^ "No. 27528". The London Gazette. 24 February 1903. p. 1216.
- ^ "No. 27998". The London Gazette. 22 February 1907. p. 1283.
- ^ "No. 28505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1911. p. 4590.
- ^ "No. 28713". The London Gazette. 25 April 1913. p. 2979.
- ^ "No. 28933". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 October 1914. p. 8118.
- ^ "No. 28976". The London Gazette. 13 November 1914. p. 9375.
- ^ "No. 29562". The London Gazette. 28 April 1916. p. 4267.
- ^ "No. 30773". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1918. p. 7713.
- ^ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1918. p. 6687.