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Michael Falcon
Michael Falcon (21 July 1888 – 27 February 1976)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician and an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1908 to 1936. Falcon was the son of Michael Falcon of Horstead House, Norwich and his wife Isabella (née Mordy) from Workington in Cumberland.[2] He was educated at Harrow School and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. and LL.B. in 1910, and was called to the bar in 1911 at the Inner Temple.[2] During World War I he was a captain in the Territorial Force from 1915 to 1918.[2] He was elected at the 1918 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Norfolk,[3] and held the seat until his defeat at the 1923 general election.[3] He was mainly associated with Cambridge University Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a member. He played Minor Counties cricket with Norfolk County Cricket Club from 1906 to 1946, and captained the team from 1912 to 1946.[4] He made 89 appearances in first-class matches, but never played in the County Championship.[5] In 1921 AC MacLaren said Falcon was the best fast bowler in England and regretted that he was not selected for the Ashes that summer.[6] He played in MacLaren's England XI in August 1921 which beat the previously undefeated Australians at Eastbourne, distinguishing himself by taking 6/67 in Australia's first innings.[7] Personal lifeFalcon was married in 1930 to Kathleen Gascoigne, the daughter of Captain G. C. O. Gascoigne.[2] They had five children, Mary, Sybil, Anne, Michael and Rachel. His brother, Harry, was also a first-class cricketer. References
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