Lionel Major

Lionel Hugh Major (21 April 1883 – 25 June 1965) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset.[1][2] He was born in Wembdon, Somerset and died in Exmouth, Devon.

Lionel Major

Personal information
Full name	Lionel Hugh Major
Born	21 April 1883 Wembdon, Somerset, England
Died	25 June 1965 (aged 82) Exmouth, Devon, England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1903	Somerset
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 1 Runs scored 17 Batting average 8.50 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 11 Balls bowled 16 Wickets 1 Bowling average 5.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/5 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), 22 December 2015

Major made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1903 season, against Sussex.[3] From the tailend, he scored 6 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 11 runs in the second, and he took a single wicket in the Sussex second innings. Press reports for this match describe him as "an amateur from Bridgewater [sic]"; the Somerset side was missing several regular players.[4]

References

1. "Hugh Major". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
2. "Lionel Major". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
3. "Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset". cricketarchive.com. 4 June 1903. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
4. "Sussex v Somerset". Sheffield Daily Telegraph/British Newspaper Archive. Sheffield. 5 June 1903. p. 9.