Audley Archdall

Audley Mervyn Archdall or Archdale (6 June 1826 – 27 February 1893) was an Irish amateur cricketer. He was born at Riversdale House near Ballycassidy in County Fermanagh in 1826[1] and educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man.[2] Archdall's father was Edward Archdale, a Justice of the Peace (JP) and Deputy Lieutenant who had been High Sheriff of Fermanagh and had built Riversdale House close to the Archdale family seat, Castle Archdale.[3][4]

Audley Archdall
Personal information
Full name
Audley Mervyn Archdall
Born(1825-06-06)6 June 1825
Ballycassidy, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Died27 February 1893(1893-02-27) (aged 67)
Newent, Gloucestershire, England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1851Gentlemen of Kent
FC debut30 June 1851 Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 0
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 18 October 2008

Archdall served in the Royal Artillery (RA). He was commissioned as a Second lieutenant in December 1844 and rose to the rank of captain by the time he left the army in 1855.[3][5]

Archdall made his sole first-class cricket appearance for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England in 1851 whilst he was serving with the RA. He is also known to have played non-first-class cricket for Royal Artillery Cricket Club, I Zingari and the Gentlemen of Devon.[6]

Archdall married Sybilla Miles in 1854 and lived at Ledbury in Herefordshire, serving as a JP for the county.[3] The couple had five children.[7] He reverted to the spelling of his surname as Archdale in around 1875.[3] Archdall died at Newent in Gloucestershire in February 1893 aged 67.[1]

References
  1. Audley Archdall, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  2. King William's College Register. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  3. (164) Archdale of Castle Archdale and Riversdale, Landed families of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  4. Edward Archdall, The Peerage. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  5. Hart's Army List, 1878, p. 568. (Available online. Retrieved 2018-12-14.)
  6. Audley Archdall, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  7. Audley Archdall, The Peerage. Retrieved 2018-12-15.

Audley Archdall at ESPNcricinfo

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