Herbert Hollings
Herbert John Butler Hollings JP (18 June 1855 – 6 March 1922) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
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| Full name | Herbert John Butler Hollings | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1855 Manningham, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 March 1922 (aged 66) Bournemouth, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1877 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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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
- Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register. P. and G. Wells. 1907. pp. 252.
- Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 679.
- "First-Class Matches played by Herbert Hollings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1877". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- "John Herbert Butler Hollings (1887—1914)". www.magdlibs.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- "Wisden - Obituaries in 1922". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2020.