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Alfred Lubbock

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in 1875 and ost of his cricket at this level was played during Canterbury Week or for the Gentlemen in more social environments. In club cricket Lubbock played for a wide variety of sides, including Eton Ramblers, of which he was a founder with seven others in 1862, the Gentlemen of West Kent, Band
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also played some first-class cricket for Kent and most of his brothers played cricket for the Gentlemen of West Kent at some point. Edgar played in the 1875 FA Cup Final replay alongside Alfred for Old Etonians, the first time that two brothers had appeared on the same side in an FA Cup Final. His
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in 1866 but chose to play relatively little first-class cricket. Pardon believed him to have been "one of the greatest batsmen" of his era who had "threatened to be WG Grace's most formidable rival".
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and was a director of Robarts, Lubbock & Co, a private bank established in 1772 and owned by his family. He married Louisa Wallwroth in 1875. The couple had five children, including the author
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argued that, given the relatively low scoring nature of cricket in the 1860s, Lubbock had a claim to have had one of the best season's batting for the school, including making a score of 174
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Lubbock was a keen athlete and participated in various events, including the early days of the pole vault (known as the pole jump at the time). He finished third in the
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matches and scored two centuries, one for the Gentlemen and one, his highest score of 129, for an England XI in 1867. Pardon was of the opinion that if
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in 1863, playing against an England side. He played a total of 28 first-class matches for a variety of teams, including
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had existed at the time Lubbock played that "he would have had every right to play for England" in his best seasons.
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and MCC, until "practically giving up" first-class cricket before the age of 28 in 1871. He played eight times in
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Lubbock also played football and appeared for Old Etonians in the replay of the 1875 FA Cup Final against the
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and Lubbock was called in as a replacement. He finished on the losing side, Royal Engineers winning 2–0.
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between 1863 and 1875. He was considered to be one of the best batsman of his era, comparable to
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Lubbock appeared in only one county cricket match, his final first-class game at
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as well as playing cricket, captaining the school team in 1863. In his
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FA Cup Final: 1875: Royal Engineers 2 Old Etonians 0 (First leg: 1-1)
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Lubbock was born in London in 1845, the seventh son of
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Par, Cornwall
John Lubbock
John Lubbock
Nevile Lubbock
Edgar Lubbock
Basil Lubbock
Kent
MCC
FC
FC
Derbyshire
First-class
Batting average
Balls
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
stumpings
ESPNcricinfo
cricketer
first-class cricket
Kent County Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
WG Grace
association football
Old Etonians
1875 FA Cup Final
Sir John Lubbock
Eton College
lawn tennis

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