Country: | England |
Fullname: | Harry Farquhar de Paravicini |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1859 |
Birth Place: | Kensington, Middlesex, England |
Death Place: | Hove, Sussex, England |
Family: | Percy de Paravicini (brother) |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
Year1: | 1882 - 1885 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 6 |
Runs1: | 64 |
Bat Avg1: | 10.66 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 28 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 23 June |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12116.html Cricinfo |
Harry Farquhar de Paravicini (20 October 1859 - 28 October 1942) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Baron James Prior de Paravicini, he was born at Kensington in March 1846.[1] He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Jesus College, Cambridge.[2] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Kent at Lord's in 1882.[3] de Paravicini made two further first-class appearances for the MCC, both against Cambridge University in 1883 and 1885.[3] He later played a first-class match for I Zingari against the Gentlemen of England in 1887, before making two first-class appearances in 1888, playing once more for I Zingari and for C. I. Thornton's XI.[3] Across six first-class matches, de Paravicini scored 64 runs at an average of 10.66, with a high score of 28 not out.[4] He married Alice Elizabeth Vane (née Booth) in 1879 and Lady Eva Harriet Cholmondeley, daughter of Charles George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas, in 1913.[1] He died at Hove in October 1942. His brother, Percy de Paravicini, was also a first-class cricketer.