Cecil Headlam

Cecil Headlam (19 September 1872 – 12 August 1934) was an English first-class cricketer active 1895–1908 who played for Middlesex and Oxford University. He was born in Paddington; died in Charing.[1]

Headlam was educated at Rugby School, then won a demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford. He travelled extensively and wrote travel books and histories,[2] and edited anthologies including a collection of the poems of his brother Walter.[3]

His recreations included cricket, fishing, golf, climbing, and gardening.[4]

Works
  • The Story of Nuremberg. Dent. 1899.
  • Peter Vischer. Bell. 1901.[5]
  • The Marriage of Mr. Molyneux. Hurst & Blackett. 1901.
  • The Story of Chartres. Dent. 1902.
  • Friends that Fail Not: Light Essays Concerning Books. Hurst & Blackett. 1902.
  • Ten Thousand Miles through India and Burmah: Account of Oxford Authentics' Cricket Tour with Mr. K. J. Key in Year of Coronation Durbar. Dent. 1903.
  • Oxford and its Story. Dent. 1904.[6][7]
  • Provence and Languedoc. Methuen. 1912.[8]

References
  1. Cecil Headlam at CricketArchive
  2. Who's who in Literature. Literary Year Books Press. 1924. p. 185.
  3. HEADLAM, Cecil, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
  4. Who's who, A. & C. Black, 1906, p. 787
  5. "Review of Peter Vischer by Cecil Headlam". The Monumental News. XIV (9): 535. September 1902.
  6. "Review of Oxford and its Story by Cecil Headlam". The Academy and Literature. 67 (1696): 408–409. 5 November 1904.
  7. "Review of Oxford and its Story by Cecil Headlam". The Athenaeum (4034): 199–200. 18 February 1905.
  8. "Review of Provence and Languedoc by Cecil Headlam". The Athenaeum (4432): 373. 5 October 1912.

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