Hubert Martineau

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Hubert Martineau


country = England
fullname = Hubert Melville Martineau
dayofbirth = 24
monthofbirth = 10
yearofbirth = 1891
placeofbirth = Westminster, London
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 11
monthofdeath = 9
yearofdeath = 1976
placeofdeath = Westminster, London
countryofdeath = England
heightft =
heightinch =
heightm =
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Left-arm orthodox spin
role =
club1 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
year1 = 1931-1932
type1 = First-class
onetype1 =
debutdate1 = 27 June
debutyear1 = 1931
debutfor1 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
debutagainst1 = Oxford University
lastdate1 = 29 June
lastyear1 = 1932
lastfor1 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
lastagainst1 = Oxford University
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 3
runs1 = 44
bat avg1 = 11.00
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 19*
deliveries1 = 126
wickets1 = 0
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 0/1
catches/stumpings1 = 0/0
date = 12 April
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31290/31290.html CricketArchive

Hubert Melville Martineau (24 October 1891-11 September 1976) [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/17402.html Cricinfo profile] ] was an English patron of cricket and organiser of his own team.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1977, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228564.html Obituaries in 1976] ] He also played three first-class matches between 1931 and 1932. When he played, he was a right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31290/31290.html CricketArchive profile] ]

Biography

Born in Westminster in 1891, the son of Philip Martineau, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31292/31292.html Philip Martineau] at CricketArchive] Hubert Martineau was educated at Eton, though he did not play for the school's cricket team. He did however develop a great love of the game.

Club cricket of a high standard was played at his private ground near Maidenhead between 1923 and 1939, and four national sides touring England began their tours playing against his personal XI; Australia in 1926, New Zealand in 1927, the West Indies in 1928 and India in 1932. Martineau himself played in all those matches with the exception of the 1926 match against Australia. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31290/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Hubert Martineau] at CricketArchive]

In 1927, he went on a tour of Egypt with the Free Foresters, playing two matches against the national side. He took his own team to the country each year between 1929 and 1939, and Martineau played in each match.

He played three first-class matches in the early 1930s, for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. He played against Oxford University in 1931 and against Cambridge and Oxford University in 1932. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31290/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Hubert Martineau] at CricketArchive] He died in Westminster in 1976.

References

Persondata
NAME= Martineau, Hubert Melville
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Martineau, Hubert
SHORT DESCRIPTION=
DATE OF BIRTH=1891-10-24
PLACE OF BIRTH= Westminster, London, England
DATE OF DEATH=1976-09-11
PLACE OF DEATH= Westminster, London, England