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Frederic Meyrick-Jones
The Reverend Frederick Meyrick Meyrick-Jones (14 January 1867 – 25 October 1950), born Frederic Meyrick Jones, was an English clergyman, school teacher and cricketer who played in 18 first-class cricket matches between 1887 and 1896 as a wicket-keeper. Early lifeMeyrick-Jones was born at Blackheath in what was then part of Kent in 1867, the son of the Reverend George Meyrick-Jones.[1][2] He was educated at Marlborough College where he played cricket for the school team as a "hard-hitting batsman" before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He played occasionally for the Gentlemen of Hampshire team and for Hampshire County Cricket Club between 1886 and 1890 at a time whilst the county was not considered first-class, and made his first-class debut for Cambridge University in 1887. He played against the touring Australians in 1888 and won a Blue the same year.[3][4] As well as cricket, Meyrick-Jones played racquets at school and university, winning the Challenge Cup in 1888.[5] Professional and sporting lifeAfter graduating, Meyrick-Jones was ordained and became a curate and a preparatory school master at Elstree School where he was also curate until 1896 when he moved to St Agnes Church in Bristol, changing his surname from Jones to Meyrick-Jones in 1893. He played occasional first-class matches for Kent County Cricket Club during this period, making a total of six appearances for the county between 1893 and 1896.[4][6] In 1899 he became the manager of the Rugby School Mission, a religious mission in the deprived neighbourhood of Notting Dale in North Kensington, West London, aimed at improving conditions for the population of the area.[7][8][9] He served there until 1905, promoting rugby union in the area,[7] afterwards moving to Holt in Norfolk where he ran a private school teaching boys classed as "difficult", based from 1909 to 1915 at Voewood just outside the town.[2][6][10][11][12] He made a single appearance for Norfolk County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties Championship in 1909.[4] As well as cricket, Meyrick-Jones played racquets, competing in the first Racquets Championships at Queen's Club, and was an accomplished billiards player.[6] Family and later lifeMeyrick-Jones married Olive White in 1908, with whom he had one son.[6] He is notable for restoring Woodlands Manor at Mere in Wiltshire from 1922, an early attempt to restore a medieval manor house. The house had been in his family since the 18th century and is now a Grade I listed building.[13][14] He died at Shaftesbury in Dorset in 1950 aged 83.[1] His Wisden obituary noted that he had been "an antiquarian of some note".[3] References
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