Country: | England |
Fullname: | Erroll Hamish Lindsay Graeme Sinclair |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1904 |
Birth Place: | Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England |
Death Place: | aboard, off Marsa Alam, Egypt |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Leg break |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1924 |
Club2: | Ceylon |
Year2: | 1926/27 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 7 |
Runs1: | 126 |
Bat Avg1: | 12.60 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 37 |
Deliveries1: | 1,005 |
Wickets1: | 19 |
Bowl Avg1: | 33.63 |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 4/56 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
Date: | 16 April |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20513.html Cricinfo |
Erroll Hamish Lindsay Graeme Sinclair (10 September 1904 – 24 February 1954) was an English first-class cricketer and tea merchant in Ceylon.
Sinclair was born in September 1904 at Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1924, with Sinclair featuring in four first-class matches for Oxford, including The University Match against Cambridge.[3] He scored 87 runs for Oxford in his four matches, with a high score of 37,[4] while with his leg break bowling he took 12 wickets at an average of 33.33, with best figures of 3 for 65.[5]
After graduating from Oxford, sinclair travelled to British Ceylon where he became assistant manager of the Mousa Ella tea plantation in 1926.[6] While in Ceylon, he featured in further first-class matches during the Marylebone Cricket Club's tour of Ceylon in January and February 1927, playing one match apiece for the Europeans (Ceylon), an Up-Country XI and an All-Ceylon XI.[3] His career best bowling figures of 4 for 56 came for the Up-Country XI.[5] Sinclair died at sea in September 1954 aboard off the coast of Marsa Alam, Egypt.