- Lord John Sackville
Infobox Early Cricketer
playername = John Sackville
country = England
fullname = John Philip Sackville
nickname =
living =
partialdates = true
dayofbirth =
monthofbirth =
yearofbirth = 1713
countryofbirth =England
dayofdeath =
monthofdeath =
yearofdeath = 1765
countryofdeath =Switzerland
batting = unknown hand
bowling = underarm: unknown hand and type
role = batsman; patron
club1 = Kent
year1 = c.1734-1750
date = 10 August
year = 2008
source =G B Buckley The Lord John Philip Sackville (born
22 June 1713; died3 December 1765 in Tour du Pain,Lake Geneva ,Switzerland ) was the second son ofLionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset . He was a keencricket er who was closely connected with the sport inKent .Career
Sackville was first recorded as a cricketer in the
1734 English cricket season when he and his brother Lord Middlesex played for Kent v Sussex atSevenoaks Vine on Friday6 September H T Waghorn , "Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730-1773)", Blackwood, 1899]Timothy J McCann , "Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century", Sussex Record Society, 2004] .In the
1744 English cricket season , Lord John challenged an All-England side to play against his Kent side, and Kent won the game with one wicket to spare, largely thanks to Sackville himself taking a memorable catch [His effort was eulogised in "Cricket, An Heroic Poem" (1745) by James Love] to dismissRichard Newland . The [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/0/1.html match details] were preservedArthur Haygarth , "Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826)", Lillywhite, 1862] .Family
He married Frances Leveson-Gower, daughter of
John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and their son, John Frederick, later 3rd Duke of Dorset, was a member of theHambledon Club and a leading supporter of cricket in the latter half of the eighteenth century. His son-in-law, the 8th Earl of Thanet, was an early member of theMarylebone Cricket Club . His grandsonsJohn Tufton and Henry Tufton were noted amateur players at the end of the 18th century.References
External links
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/ladstolords/biog.html#sackville From Lads to Lord's]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/77/77421/77421.html CricketArchive]
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