Dudley David
Pontifex
Male
England
1855-02-12
Weston, Bath, Somerset, England
1934-09-27
West Dulwich, London, England
Played cricket for several counties.
Wikipedia:
Dudley David Pontifex (12 February 1855 – 27 September 1934) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Surrey, Somerset and the Marylebone Cricket Club, plus other amateur sides, between 1878 and 1896.[1] He was born at Weston, Bath, Somerset, and died at West Dulwich, London.
Pontifex was a right-handed middle-order or opening batsman. Educated in Bath, he appeared in a freshmen's trial match at Cambridge University but failed to make the first team; he did, however, win a Blue for billiards.[2]
Appearing in minor cricket for amateur sides in Somerset and for Somerset County Cricket Club in non-first-class matches from 1877, Pontifex made his first-class cricket debut in 1878 against Oxford University for a Gentlemen of England side, and was successful neither in that nor in the South v North match that followed.[3] After university, Pontifex moved to London to qualify as a lawyer and in 1881 he appeared fairly regularly in first-class matches for Surrey. In the match against Nottinghamshire at The Oval, he opened the batting and scored 89; this was his only score of more than 50 in first-class cricket.[4] This was his only season of regular cricket. In 1882, he made a single first-class appearance in Somerset's debut season as a first-class team. He then played for MCC irregularly, and only very occasionally in first-class matches, over the next 14 seasons until his final first-class match in 1896.
His obituary in The Times in 1934 stated that after the age of 45 he took up golf and "became a scratch player"; he was also known as a real tennis and billiards player.[5]
1882 - 1888
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9
5
Round 1
Dudley David Pontifex 1 *
C.E. Robin
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Quarterfinals
Dudley David Pontifex 1 *
bye
Semifinals
Harold De Winton 1 *
Dudley David Pontifex
12-9
Round 1
Pelham George Von Donop 1 *
Dudley David Pontifex
6-3
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Dudley David Pontifex 1 *
C.H.H. Moore
w.o.
Round 2
George Montague Butterworth 1 *
Dudley David Pontifex
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Dudley David Pontifex 1 *
A.H. Griffiths
w.o.
Round 2
Dudley David Pontifex 1 *
R. Long
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Charles Welldon 1 *
Dudley David Pontifex
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