Erroll Sinclair

Erroll Hamish Lindsay Graeme Sinclair (10 September 1904 – 24 February 1954) was an English first-class cricketer and tea merchant in Ceylon.

Sinclair was born in September 1904 at Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1924, with Sinclair featuring in four first-class matches for Oxford, including The University Match against Cambridge.[3] He scored 87 runs for Oxford in his four matches, with a high score of 37,[4] while with his leg break bowling he took 12 wickets at an average of 33.33, with best figures of 3 for 65.[5]

After graduating from Oxford, sinclair travelled to British Ceylon where he became assistant manager of the Mousa Ella tea plantation in 1926.[6] While in Ceylon, he featured in further first-class matches during the Marylebone Cricket Club's tour of Ceylon in January and February 1927, playing one match apiece for the Europeans (Ceylon), an Up-Country XI and an All-Ceylon XI.[3] His career best bowling figures of 4 for 56 came for the Up-Country XI.[5] Sinclair died at sea in September 1954 aboard RMS Orion off the coast of Marsa Alam, Egypt.