Eric Elstob

Eric Bramley Elstob OBE (2 August 1885 – 15 May 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.

Eric Elstob

Personal information
Full name	Eric Bramley Elstob
Born	2 August 1885 Brentford, Middlesex, England
Died	15 May 1949 (aged 63) Hawkhurst, Kent, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 23 Batting average 7.66 100s/50s –/– Top score 14 Balls bowled 102 Wickets 2 Bowling average 23.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/5 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 December 2019

The son of John George Elstob and Frances Alice Elstob, he was born at Brentford in August 1885. He was educated at Marlborough College.[1] Elstob's career with the Royal Navy began as a clerk at The Admiralty, with him promoted to assistant paymaster in August 1906.[2] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1913.[3] He served with the navy during the First World War and was promoted to the rank of paymaster commander in August 1918.[4] He was made an OBE in the 1919 Birthday Honours for services rendered while serving as secretary to Rear-Admiral Cecil Dampier.[5]

Elstob later made a second and final first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the British Army at Lord's in 1923.[3] He returned to Marlborough College in 1933, alongside two other Old Marlburians who had served on the recently scrapped HMS Marlborough, where he presented the ship's bell to the college.[6] He held the rank of paymaster commander by 1935, with promotion to the rank of paymaster captain coming in July of the same year.[7] Elstob served in the first year of the Second World War, before being placed on the retired list in August 1940.[8] He died at Hawkhurst in May 1949. His brother Wilfrith was posthumously the Victoria Cross during the First World War.

References

1. L. Warwick, James (1952). Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1952 (9th ed.). Marlborough College. p. 426.
2. "No. 27939". The London Gazette. 10 August 1906. p. 5515.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Eric Elstob". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
4. "No. 30852". The London Gazette. 20 August 1918. p. 9701.
5. "No. 31413". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 June 1919. p. 7905.
6. Welch, Frances (2011). The Russian Court at Sea: The voyage of HMS Marlborough, April 1919. Short Books. p. 181. ISBN 978-1907595738.
7. "No. 34176". The London Gazette. 2 July 1935. p. 4257.
8. "No. 34915". The London Gazette. 6 August 1940. p. 4808.

External links

• Eric Elstob at ESPNcricinfo