Plum Warner

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Pelham Warner

MBE
Warner in 1906
Personal information
Full name
Pelham Francis Warner
Born(1873-10-02)2 October 1873
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Died30 January 1963(1963-01-30) (aged 89)
West Lavington, Sussex, England
NicknamePlum
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 118)14 February 1899 v South Africa
Last Test26 June 1912 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1894–1920Middlesex
1894–1896Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 15 521
Runs scored 622 29,028
Batting average 23.92 36.28
100s/50s 1/3 60/149
Top score 132* 244
Balls bowled 0 1,132
Wickets – 15
Bowling average – 42.40
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 2/26
Catches/stumpings 3/– 183/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 November 2008

Sir Pelham Francis Warner,

English cricket, was a Test cricketer
and cricket administrator.

He was knighted for services to sport in the 1937 Coronation Honours.[1]

Early life

Warner was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the youngest of 21 children.[2] His mother, Rosa Cadiz, was a Spanish woman, and his father Charles Warner,[3] was from an English colonial family.[2] He was educated in Barbados at Harrison College, and then sent to England to Rugby School and Oriel College, Oxford.

Cricket career

As a right-hand batsman, Warner played

South Africa in 1905–06, suffering a resounding 1–4 defeat, the first time England had lost to South Africa in a Test match. He was also to have captained England on the 1911–12 tour of Australia, but fell ill. He was unable to play in any of the Tests, with Johnny Douglas
taking over the captaincy.

Warner, sitting in the middle, on North American tour in 1897.

He was named

Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1904 and also in 1921, making him one of two to have received the honour twice (the usual practice is that it is only won once: the other is Jack Hobbs). The second award marked his retirement as a county player after the 1920 season, in which he captained Middlesex to the County Championship
title.

In the mid-1920s he was Chairman of Selectors, and in 1926 during

Royal Navy
.

Cricket management

After retiring as a player, he became a tour manager, most notably on the infamous

England Test selectors for several years in the 1930s. He later became President of the Marylebone Cricket Club
. He was knighted for his services to cricket in 1937.

Cricket writing

Warner wrote extensively on cricket. He detailed his

Daily Telegraph
.

Family life

He married Agnes Charlotte Blyth in the summer of 1904[5] and had two sons, Esmond and John, and a daughter, Elizabeth. He died, aged 89, at West Lavington, West Sussex.

His brother Aucher Warner not only captained the first combined West Indies side in the West Indies during the 1896–97 season (playing against A. A. Priestley's XI and for Trinidad vs. Lord Hawke's touring team, which included Pelham Warner) but also the first West Indian touring side to England in 1900.[2]

Marina Warner, novelist and mythographer, is his granddaughter.[2][6]

References

  1. ^ "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3076.
  2. ^ a b c d Warner, Marina (11 June 2004). "My grandfather, Plum". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Pelham Warner profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. ISBN 9780224083300
    .
  5. ^ "'Plum' Warner's Return". The Bystander. 2: 156–157. 23 March 1904.
  6. ^ Marina Warner Archived 15 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, British Council Contemporary Writers.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
English national cricket captain

1903–04 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
English national cricket captain

1905–06 		Succeeded by
Tip Foster
Preceded by
Gregor MacGregor
 Middlesex County Cricket Captain
1908–20 		Succeeded by

External links

Bibliography

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