Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake

Thomas William 'Bill' Tyrwhitt-Drake (5 November 1926 – 8 March 2008) was an English first-class cricketer.

Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake
Personal information
Full nameThomas William Tyrwhitt-Drake
Born5 November 1926
Paddington, London, England
Died8 March 2008(2008-03-08) (aged 81)
Sidcup, Kent, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946–1948Cambridge University
1946–1958Hertfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 122
Batting average 15.25
100s/50s –/–
Top score 38
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 May 2019

Tyrwhitt-Drake was born at Paddington in November 1926, to Reverend Charles William Tyrwhitt-Drake.[1] He was educated at Haileybury, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Somerset at Bath in 1946.[3] He made two further first-class appearances for Cambridge University, playing against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1946 and Leicestershire in 1948.[3] He scored 73 runs for Cambridge across six innings, with a top score of 33.[4] Eleven years later he made a final appearance in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Oxford University.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Tyrwhitt-Drake also played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1946–58, making 85 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5]

He graduated from Trinity with a master's degree in 1949,[2] and married Muriel Ann Makgill in September 1955, with the couple having three children.[1] He died at Sidcup in March 2008.

References
  1. "Thomas William Tyrwhitt-Drake". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. Cambridge University List of Members. Cambridge University Press. 1976. p. 944.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  5. "First-Class Matches played by Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
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