John Maude (cricketer)

John Maude (17 March 1850 – 17 November 1934) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor.

The son of Thomas James Maude, he was born at York in March 1850. He was educated at Eton College,[1] where he was tutored by George Yonge.[2] From Eton, he went up to Lincoln College, Oxford.[3] He played first-class cricket while studying at Oxford in 1873, making his debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford. He followed this up by playing four first-class matches for Oxford University, including in The University Match at Lord's against Cambridge University where he took figures of 6 for 39 in the Cambridge second-innings.[4][5] In five first-class matches, Maude took 23 wickets at an average of 11.08 and twice took five wickets in an innings.[6]

After graduating from Oxford, he became a solicitor. He was articled to the law firm Rickards & Walker at Lincoln's Inn Fields, becoming a partner in 1877. Maude died at in Switzerland at Oberhofen in November 1934.[7]