Adolphus Sparrow

Adolphus Sparrow
Personal information
Full name
Adolphus James Sparrow
Born(1869-05-10)10 May 1869
Alverstoke, Hampshire, England
Died6 September 1936(1936-09-06) (aged 67)
Minster, Kent, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 1
Batting average 1.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 1
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 August 2023

Adolphus James Sparrow (10 May 1869 — 6 September 1936) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy sailor.

Sparrow was born in May 1869 at Alverstoke, Hampshire. Sparrow was a bandsman in the Royal Navy, serving on board HMS Immortalité at Sheerness Dockyard.[1] He later played first-class cricket for Hampshire, making a single appearance against Leicestershire at Southampton in the 1902 County Championship.[2] Batting once in the match, he made a single run in Hampshire's only innings from the middle order, before being dismissed by John King.[3] Sparrow remained in Sheerness after leaving the navy, and would be resident there for thirty years. He died in hospital at Minster in September 1936.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Fatal officialism". Portsmouth Evening News. 9 May 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Adolphus Sparrow". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Hampshire v Leicestershire, County Championship 1902". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Death of naval pensioner". Sheerness Times Guardian. 10 September 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.