John_Eyre_(cricketer,_born_1859)

John Eyre (cricketer, born 1859)

John Eyre (cricketer, born 1859)

English cricketer and solicitor

John Eyre (29 October 1859 — 24 November 1941) was an English first-class cricketer.

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The son of Richard Eyre, he was born at Shaw House in Berkshire in October 1859. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Keble College, Oxford.[2] He later changed college, transferring to Christ Church.[1] Eyre later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), captained by W. G. Grace, against Cambridge University at Lord's in 1887.[3] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 9 runs by Francis Ford in the MCC first innings, with the MCC winning the match by 10 wickets.[4] He married Lady Evelyn Alice Curzon in April 1896, the daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe.[1] Eyre died at his Cleveland Square home in Bayswater in November 1941.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register. P. and G. Wells. 1907. p. 286.
  2. [2]
    Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 441.
  3. [3]
    "First-Class Matches played by John Eyre". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University, 1887". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  5. [5]
    Topical Topics in Other Days. Buckinghamshire Examiner. 5 December 1941. p. 1
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