| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Lionel Martineau |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1867 |
| Birth Place: | Esher, Surrey, England |
| Death Place: | Esher, Surrey, England |
| Family: | Alfred Martineau (brother) Hubert Martineau (cousin) Philip Martineau (cousin) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm slow |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1887 - 1888 |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1888 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 11 |
| Runs1: | 277 |
| Bat Avg1: | 19.78 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/– |
| Top Score1: | 109 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,208 |
| Wickets1: | 17 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.88 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/59 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/– |
| Date: | 29 April |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17403.html Cricinfo |
Lionel Martineau (19 February 1867 – 17 November 1906) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor.
The son of Philip Meadows Martineau (1831 - 1911), he was born at Esher in February 1867. He was educated at Uppingham School, where he captained the school cricket team.[1] From Uppingham he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club from 1887 to 1888, making ten appearances.[3] An all-rounder he was described by Wisden as "a good batsman, having strong defence and possessing strokes all round the wicket, a useful slow bowler with a high delivery, and a fine field at mid-off".[4] He scored 266 runs in his ten matches for Cambridge, averaging 20.46 and with a highest score of 109,[5] which was his only first-class century and came against Sussex at Hove in 1887.[6] With his right-arm slow bowling he took 17 wickets, with best figures of 4 for 59.[7] His appearance in the 1887 University Match against Oxford gained him his cricket blue.[2] He also made a single first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University at Lord's in 1888.[3]
After graduating from Cambridge, Martineau became a solicitor and was a partner at Martineau and Reid, based in London at Gray's Inn.[2] Besides playing cricket, he was a tennis and hockey player and was the first president of Esher Tennis Club, with the tennis club based on the Littleworth Estate, which was owned by the Martineau family.[8] [9] Martineau died at Esher in November 1906.[10] His brother, Alfred, played first-class cricket, as did his cousins Hubert and Philip Martineau.