Mordaunt Doll
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Mordaunt Henry Caspers Doll (born 5 April 1888 Camberwell, London, England
– 30 June 1966 Devizes, Wiltshire, England
) was an English cricketer
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Doll was educated at Cambridge University and Charterhouse
where he excelled as a schoolboy cricketer (1905–1907). He scored 195 against Westminster in his last season. He and RLL Braddell put on a stand of 214 in the last hour.
He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman who represented MCC
(1907–1920), Cambridge University
(1908), Demobilised Officers XI (1919), Etceteras XI (1910), Hertfordshire
(1907–1909), Middlesex
(1912–1919) and PF Warner's XI
(1919). He made 43 first-class appearances, scoring 1,097 runs (average 18.59) with a highest score of 102*. As a bowler, he also took 15 wickets (average 43.66) with a personal best of 5/52.
Doll scored 102* in a county record eighth wicket stand of 182 in two hours with HR Murrell
for Middlesex versus Nottinghamshire at Lord's in 1913.
He also toured the West Indies in 1912/1913 with an MCC team led by AF Somerset.
Camberwell
Camberwell is a district of south London, England, and forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is a built-up inner city district located southeast of Charing Cross. To the west it has a boundary with the London Borough of Lambeth.-Toponymy:...
– 30 June 1966 Devizes, Wiltshire, England
Devizes
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about southeast of Chippenham and about east of Trowbridge.Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops, with a large open market place where a market is held once a week...
) was an English cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
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Doll was educated at Cambridge University and Charterhouse
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
where he excelled as a schoolboy cricketer (1905–1907). He scored 195 against Westminster in his last season. He and RLL Braddell put on a stand of 214 in the last hour.
He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman who represented MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
(1907–1920), Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
(1908), Demobilised Officers XI (1919), Etceteras XI (1910), Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
(1907–1909), Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
(1912–1919) and PF Warner's XI
Plum Warner
Sir Pelham Francis Warner MBE , affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or even "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket was a Test cricketer....
(1919). He made 43 first-class appearances, scoring 1,097 runs (average 18.59) with a highest score of 102*. As a bowler, he also took 15 wickets (average 43.66) with a personal best of 5/52.
Doll scored 102* in a county record eighth wicket stand of 182 in two hours with HR Murrell
Joe Murrell
Harry Robert Murrell , commonly known as Joe Murrell, was an English cricketer.Murrell was born in Hounslow, Middlesex. He was a right-handed batsman, left-arm bowler and wicketkeeper, who played 378 first-class cricket matches for Kent , MCC and Middlesex...
for Middlesex versus Nottinghamshire at Lord's in 1913.
He also toured the West Indies in 1912/1913 with an MCC team led by AF Somerset.