Reginald Sinclair

Reginald Sinclair
Personal information
Full name
Reginald Leahy Sinclair
Born20 April 1874
Kolhapur, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died23 March 1928(1928-03-23) (aged 53)
Ditchling, Sussex, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1893/94–1903/04Europeans
1902/03Bombay
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 88
Batting average 6.28
100s/50s –/–
Top score 45
Balls bowled 1,945
Wickets 64
Bowling average 11.23
5 wickets in innings 7
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/34
Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 November 2022

Reginald Leahy Sinclair JP (20 April 1874 — 23 March 1928) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the Indian Civil Service.

The son of George Sinclair, a surgeon,[1] he was born in British India at Kolhapur in April 1874. He was educated in England at Repton School, where he played for the school cricket team.[2] After completing his education, he proceeded to India where he was an assistant collector of salt revenues and a justice of the peace. He was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for work during the Indian famine of 1899–1900.[2] While in India, Sinclair played first-class cricket from 1893 to 1903 on fourteen occasions, thirteen of which came for the Europeans cricket team in the Bombay Presidency Match, with a further appearance for Bombay against the touring Oxford University Authentics in 1902.[3] A prolific wicket-taker, Sinclair took 64 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 11.23, taking a five wicket haul on three occasions and took ten wickets in a match once.[4] His best innings figures of 6 for 34 against the Parsees in August 1895, a match which saw him taking match figures of 11 for 77.[5] Playing as a lower order batsman, he scored 88 runs at a batting average of 6.28. His highest score with the bat was 45, which came for Bombay; his next highest score was 14 for the Europeans.[6] Sinclair later retired to England, where he died in March 1928 at Ditchling, Sussex.

References

  1. ^ Marriages. The Gentlewoman. 6 May 1905. p. 67.
  2. ^ a b Repton School Register 1557-1910. A. J. Lawrence. 1910. p. 329.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Reginald Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Reginald Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1895/96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  6. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Reginald Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2022.