Cyril Rattigan

Cyril Stanley Rattigan (5 August 1884 – 13 November 1916) was an English first-class cricketer, civil servant and British Army officer.

Cyril Rattigan
Personal information
Full nameCyril Stanley Rattigan
Born5 August 1884
Camberwell, Surrey, England
Died13 November 1916(1916-11-13) (aged 32)
Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1906–1907Cambridge University
1908Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 183
Batting average 20.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 42
Balls bowled 444
Wickets 5
Bowling average 43.40
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/61
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 October 2020

The son of the judge and politician Sir William Henry Rattigan, he was born at Camberwell in August 1884. He was educated at Harrow School, where he was a talented runner who competed in three times in the 200 and twice in the 100 yards, in addition to being runner-up for the school in rackets two years in succession.[1] From Harrow, he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1906 and 1907, making six appearances.[3] He scored 146 runs for Cambridge, averaging 18.25 with a high score of 42.[4] With his right-arm medium pace bowling he took 5 wickets with best figures of 3 for 61.[5] His interests outside of cricket while at Cambridge included golf.[2] Having graduated from Cambridge in 1907, Rattigan made a final first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University at Lord's in 1908.[3]

Rattigan was appointed an honorary attaché in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service at Tangier in 1909,[1] where he accompanied Sir Reginald Lister on his mission to Fez.[2] He later served in the First World War and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers in September 1914,[6] with promotion to lieutenant following in February 1915.[7] By September 1915, he had been promoted to captain.[8] He served on the Western Front with D Company 7th Royal Fusiliers and was killed by a sniper on 13 November 1916, while attempting to retrieve an injured comrade in no man's land near the French village of Beaumont-Hamel.[2] His brother was Sir Henry Adolphus Rattigan, the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court.

References
  1. Stephenson, P. K.; Dauglish, M. G. (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800–1911. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 708.
  2. McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. pp. 286–7. ISBN 978-1473864191.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Eyre". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Cyril Rattigan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Cyril Rattigan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. "No. 28909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 September 1914. p. 7471.
  7. "No. 29096". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 March 1915. p. 2485.
  8. "No. 29313". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 October 1915. p. 9724.
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