Reginald Popham

Reginald Francis Popham (8 January 1892 – 9 September 1975) was an English first-class cricketer and footballer.

Popham was born at Kensington and educated at Repton School, before going up to Hertford College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played football for Oxford University, captaining them in 1914.[2] He also gained two England amateur international caps in 1914.[3] He played minor counties cricket for Norfolk before the First World War, making 21 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship from 1911–14.[4] Popham served in the war with the Royal Norfolk Regiment, enlisting as a second lieutenant in November 1914.[5] He was made a temporary lieutenant in December 1915,[6] before being made a temporary captain in February 1917.[7] He was made a full lieutenant in May 1917, while remaining a temporary captain.[8] Popham resigned his commission in 1919.[9]

He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1919, making five appearances,[10] in which he scored 151 runs with a high score of 52 not out.[11] He continued to play minor counties for Norfolk after the war, making an additional eight appearances in the Minor Counties Championship from 1920–24.[4] He continued to play football too, making appearances for Norwich City (four Southern League games in 1913-14 and one in 1919-20)[12] and Corinthian,[1] in addition to gaining a third England amateur cap in 1920.[3] He was later admitted to the London Stock Exchange.[9] Popham died in September 1975 at Warnham, Sussex.