Gilbert Lacy

Gilbert de Lacy Lacy (26 February 1834 7 June 1878) was an English first-class cricketer.

Gilbert Lacy
Personal information
Full name
Gilbert de Lacy Lacy
Born26 February 1834
Tring, Hertfordshire, England
Died7 June 1878(1878-06-07) (aged 44)
Mount Frere, Cape Colony
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1854Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 12
Batting average 12.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 4*
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2019

A member of the de Lacy family, Lacy was born to Charles de Lacy Lacy at Tring in February 1826. He was educated at Westminster School,[1] before going up to Magdalen College, Oxford.[2] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford in 1854, following this up with a second first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent in the same year at Canterbury.[3] At some point after this he left England for Cape Colony, where he died at Mount Frere in June 1878.

References

  1. Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses Sive Prologi Et Epilogi. Vol. 1. J.H. et J. Parker. 1867. p. 117.
  2. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Vol. 3. Parker and Company. 1888. p. 808.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Gilbert Lacy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2019.


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