Archibald Balfour

Archibald Balfour (16 July 1840 – 29 October 1922) was an English first-class cricketer.

Archibald Balfour
Personal information
Full name
Archibald Balfour
Born16 July 1840
Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died29 October 1922(1922-10-29) (aged 82)
Chelsea, London, England
BattingUnknown
RelationsEdith Lyttelton (daughter)
Edward Balfour (brother)
Robert Balfour (brother)
Alfred Lyttelton (son-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1862Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 16
Batting average 3.20
100s/50s –/–
Top score 5
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 September 2021

The son of Charles Balfour, he was born at Marylebone in July 1840. He was educated at Westminster School, leaving in 1859 and being appointed a clerk in The Admiralty.[1] Balfour later played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Sussex at Lord's in 1862. He also made two first-class appearances for the Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club against the Gentlemen of Kent in the Canterbury Cricket Week's of 1862 and 1863.[2] Balfour struggled in his three first-class matches, scoring 16 runs in these matches, with a highest score 5.[3] Balfour later left the admiralty and became a merchant, like his father. He was a merchant in the Russian Empire at Saint Petersburg, where he was resident for many years.[4] Balfour later returned to England, where he died at Chelsea in October 1922. His daughter was Edith Lyttelton, the novelist, playwright, World War I-era activist and spiritualist, who was born in Saint Petersburg in 1865.[4] His brothers were Edward and Robert, who were both first-class cricketers.

References

  1. Forshall, Frederic Hale (1884). Westminster School Past and Present. Wyman & Sons. p. 369.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Archibald Balfour". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Archibald Balfour". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. Ruickbie, Leo (2018). Angels in the Trenches. London: Little, Brown Book Group. p. 229. ISBN 9781472139580.
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