Percy May
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Full name | Percy Robert May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chertsey, Surrey, England | 13 March 1884||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 December 1965 Eastleigh, Hampshire, England | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Phil[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1902 to 1904 | London County | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1902 to 1909 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1903 to 1906 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 18 October 2014 |
Percy Robert "Phil" May (13 March 1884 – 6 December 1965) was an English
Life and career
May was born to Henry and Emma May in Chertsey in Surrey, where Henry worked as a butler.[3] A fast bowler, Percy played for London County in 1902 at the age of 18, and occasionally for Surrey. After being privately educated,[4] May went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge in the autumn of 1902.[5]
He played cricket for the university side from 1903 to 1906, taking part in victories over Oxford University in 1905 and 1906. In 1906 he bowled unchanged throughout both innings to take 7 for 41 and 5 for 25 in Cambridge's 305-run victory over Yorkshire at Fenner's.[6] He opened the bowling for the Gentlemen against the Players later that year, taking seven wickets, more than any other bowler.[7] He finished the season with 75 wickets at an average of 22.76, his most successful season.[8]
He also won a Blue at Cambridge for Association football, and toured the US with the Corinthians in 1906.[5]
May toured
He played a few matches in 1907, with one outstanding performance for Gentlemen of the South against Players of the South at the
May spent the years from 1910 to 1950 in
May married Ursula Loughnan in 1913.[16] After they returned from Ceylon they retired to Alverstoke in Hampshire. He died in hospital at Eastleigh in December 1965.[17]
References
- ^ "Sizing Them Up: The M.C.C. Team for New Zealand". Auckland Star: 3. 28 November 1906.
- ^ a b c S. S. Perera, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996), Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, pp. 103-104, 438.
- ^ "Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms: Chertsey, St Peter". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ Wisden 1958, p. 684.
- ^ a b c d Perera, S. S. (1966). "P. R. May". The Cricketer. 47 (3): 24.
- ^ Cambridge University v Yorkshire 1906
- ^ Gentlemen v Players 1906
- ^ Percy May bowling by season
- ^ MCC in New Zealand 1906-07 bowling averages
- ^ MCC in New Zealand 1906-07
- ^ "Notes by Long Slip". Otago Witness (2814): 60. 19 February 1908. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ R.T. Brittenden, Great Days in New Zealand Cricket, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1958, p. 28.
- ^ Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South 1907
- ^ Miscellaneous matches played by Percy May
- ^ S. P. Foenander, "Cricket in Ceylon", The Cricketer Annual 1924, p. 55.
- ^ "The Playground". Southland Times: 10. 29 March 1913.
- ^ "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1966". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2022.