Sidney Boucher
Sidney Boucher | |
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Born | Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | 17 September 1899
Captain Sidney Boucher
Early life
Boucher was born in Rochester, Kent, the second son of Franklin and Ada Boucher. His father was a solicitor who served as the Town Clerk of Gillingham and in the 1920s was Treasurer of Rochester;[1][2] he was granted the freedom of the Borough of Rochester in 1932.[3]
Boucher and his brother Noël were both educated at
Boucher's first appointment in June 1915 was as a
Promotion to
Towards the end of 1944 Boucher was appointed captain of
Boucher saw out the remainder of his Navy career as senior officer of the
Cricket career
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Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1923–1936 | Royal Navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 3 June 1922 Kent v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 31 July 1936 Royal Navy v RAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 5 April 2017 |
Boucher played cricket alongside his brother Noël for The Mote in 1921 and went on to make his first-class cricket debut for Kent at Southampton in 1922 after impressing in a match for Band of Brothers. His naval career meant he was unable to play again for Kent, but he appeared in first-class matches for the Royal Navy Cricket Club between 1923 and 1929 when the club played its final first-class match. He continued to play for the Navy until 1936, captaining the team for a number of years.[4][6][7] He was a left-arm opening bowler for the Navy and batted left-handed.[8][9]
As well as his role in Navy cricket, Boucher was also the Secretary and a selector for the Royal Navy Football Association and the Royal Marines Football Association.[5]
Later life and family
Boucher's brother Noël served in
Boucher was married twice during the inter-war period, first to Phyllis Ellershaw in 1924 and then Betty Holt in 1938. He died in 1963 aged 63 at his home in Wadhurst in Sussex.[4][6]
References
- ^ a b Lewis P (2014) For Kent and Country, pp.116–117. Brighton: Reveille Press.
- ^ Franklin Boucher, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-05. (subscription required)
- ^ A magnificent run of early Wisdens, bound in hardback style, 1879–1895, Christopher Saunders Book, London International Antiquarian Book Fair, 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lewis P op. cit., pp.119–121.
- ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-23.)
- ^ Sidney Boucher, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-05. (subscription required)
- ^ Boucher, Captain Sidney R.N., Obituaries in 1963, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1965 (sic). Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Lewis P (2014) op. cit., pp.117–119.
- ^ Boucher, Noel, Obituaries in 1968, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1969. Retrieved 2017-04-05.