Herbert Hollings

Herbert John Butler Hollings JP (18 June 1855 – 6 March 1922) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

Herbert Hollings
Personal information
Full name
Herbert John Butler Hollings
Born18 June 1855
Manningham, Yorkshire, England
Died6 March 1922(1922-03-06) (aged 66)
Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1877Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2020

The son of John Hollings, he was born in June 1855 at Manningham, Yorkshire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1877.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring in both Oxford innings' by Fred Morley and Robert Clayton respectively.[4]

A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in 1881. He became a justice of the peace for Surrey in 1884.[1] Hollings married Nine Augusta Stacey in 1886, with the couple having a son who was killed in the First World War.[5] He died at Bournemouth in March 1922.[6]

References
  1. Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register. P. and G. Wells. 1907. pp. 252.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Hollings, Herbert John Butler" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Herbert Hollings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1877". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  5. "John Herbert Butler Hollings (1887—1914)". www.magdlibs.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  6. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1922". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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