Lionel Martineau
Personal information
Full name
Lionel Martineau
Born17 February 1867
Esher, Surrey, England
Died17 November 1906(1906-11-17) (aged 39)
Esher, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
RelationsAlfred Martineau (brother)
Hubert Martineau (cousin)
Philip Martineau (cousin)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1887–1888Cambridge University
1888Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 11
Runs scored 277
Batting average 19.78
100s/50s 1/–
Top score 109
Balls bowled 1,208
Wickets 17
Bowling average 31.88
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 4/59
Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 April 2021

Lionel Martineau (19 February 1867 – 17 November 1906) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor.

The son of Philip Meadows Martineau, 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.

References

  1. ↑ Uppingham School Roll, 1824-1894. London: Stanford. 1894. p. 200.
  2. 1 2 3 Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 346.
  3. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Lionel Martineau". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wisden - Obutuaries in 1906". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Lionel Martineau". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Lionel Martineau". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "First-Class Bowling Against Each Opponent by Lionel Martineau". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Sporting Notices. Clifton Society. 29 November 1906. p. 16
  9. ↑ "Our history". www.eshertennis.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Mr. L. Martineau. Cricket. 29 November 1906. p. 18
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