George Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes

George Edward Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes (11 May 1861 – 1 October 1907), styled Viscount Throwley from 1880 to 1894, was an English aristocrat and amateur cricketer. He was the eldest son of George Milles, 1st Earl Sondes, and succeeded as the 2nd Earl in September 1894.[1] He was born at Lees Court at Sheldwich south of Faversham in Kent in 1861.[1][2]

Viscount Throwley
Personal information
Full name
George Henry Milles-Lade
Born(1861-05-11)11 May 1861
Lees Court, Sheldwich, Faversham, Kent
Died1 October 1907(1907-10-01) (aged 46)
Marylebone, London
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsGeorge Milles, 1st Earl Sondes (father)
Henry Milles (brother)
Francis Gore (brother-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1882–1884Kent
First-class debut12 June 1882 Kent v Yorkshire
Last First-class1 October 1891 Lord Hawke's XI v Gentlemen of Philadelphia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 168
Batting average 16.80
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 82
Balls bowled 200
Wickets 5
Bowling average 25.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/29
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 December 2018

Cricket

Educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, Milles-Lade was in the Eton cricket team in 1879 and 1880.[1][3] In 1882 he made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club against Yorkshire at Sheffield, the first of six matches he played for the county side, making four appearances in 1882 and two in 1884.[4] He played regularly in club cricket for teams such as I Zingari and Band of Brothers, a club closely associated with Kent. He was elected President of the county club in 1891[3] and in the same year toured North America with Lord Hawke's side, playing in the two first-class matches during the tour against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia.[1][4]

Milles-Lade's brother, Henry Milles, also played occasionally for Kent as well as on Lord Hawke's American tour. His father had also been a keen cricketer, playing in a single first-class game for the Gentlemen of Kent in 1849. The family were closely associated with Kent cricket throughout the 19th century.[4]

Military service and death

Milles-Lade served in the Second Boer War with the Royal East Kent Yeomanry where he was shot and wounded.[3] His health suffered due to pleurisy contracted as a result of the wound and he required repeated operations. He died aged 46 from heart failure following an operation in October 1907.[3][4][5] He was unmarried and he was succeeded as Lord Sondes by his brother Lewis Arthur Milles, 3rd Earl Sondes.[3]

References
  1. Viscount Throwley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  2. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 527–528. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. "Obituary". The Times. No. 38453. London. 2 October 1907. p. 6.
  4. George Edward Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes, Obituaries in 1907, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1908. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  5. Viscount Throwley, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-12-07.

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