Maurice Purcell-FitzGerald

Maurice Noel Ryder Purcell-FitzGerald (22 December 1835 – 17 December 1877) was an English cricketer. Purcell-FitzGerald was a right-handed batsman. The son of John Purcell-FitzGerald and Augusta Jane Lisle March Phillipps, he was born at Torquay, Devon.[1]

Maurice Purcell-FitzGerald
Personal information
Full name
Maurice Noel Ryder Purcell-Fitzgerald
Born(1835-12-22)22 December 1835
Torquay, Devon, England
Died17 November 1877(1877-11-17) (aged 41)
Boulge, Suffolk, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1866Marylebone Cricket Club
1864Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 8
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 8
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 March 2012

Purcell-FitzGerald made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Hampshire at Day's Antelope Ground, Southampton, in 1864.[2] In this match, he scored 8 runs in Sussex's first-innings, before being run out, while in their second-innings, he wasn't required to bat, with Sussex winning the match by 10 wickets.[3] Two years later, he made a second first-class appearance, this time for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire at Lord's.[2] Purcell-FitzGerald was dismissed for a duck by Sampson Tubb in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings. He wasn't required to bat again in the match, with the Marylebone Cricket Club winning by an innings and 58 runs.[4]

Purcell-FitzGerald married Anne Laurie on 25 January 1860. They had six children, three girls and three boys.[1] He was for many years a resident at The Crouch House in Seaford, Sussex, but died at Boulge Hall, Boulge, Suffolk, on 17 December 1877. His uncle was the poet Edward FitzGerald.[5]

See also

References
  1. Lundy, Darryl. "Maurice Noel Ryder Purcell-FitzGerald". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Maurice Purcell-FitzGerald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  3. "Hampshire v Sussex, 1864". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. "Marylebone Cricket Club v Hampshire, 1866". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  5. Lundy, Darryl. "Lt.-Col. John Fitzgerald". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
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