Philip Hubert Martineau was an English cricket

Cricket

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er. A left-arm fast-medium

Fast bowling

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 bowler, he played first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 for the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 in 1883

1883 English cricket season

-Events:30 January. England won the deciding match of the scheduled three-Test series in Melbourne . Some ladies burned the bails and placed the resultant ashes in a small urn. This was presented to England’s captain, Ivo Bligh, who had promised to "recover those ashes"...

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Biography

Born in London

London

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 in 1862, Philip Martineau was educated at Harrow School

Harrow School

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 and played for the cricket team there in 1880 and 1881. He was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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, graduating BA in 1884. He made his first-class debut in 1883 for the MCC against Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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Following a minor match against Northumberland

Northumberland County Cricket Club

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 in July of that year, he played his second and final first-class match against Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

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. He died in Sunningdale

Sunningdale

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 in 1944, survived by his son Hubert

Hubert Martineau

Hubert Melville Martineau was an English patron of cricket and organiser of his own team. He also played three first-class matches between 1931 and 1932...

, who also played first-class cricket. Two cousins, Alfred

Alfred Martineau (cricketer)

Alfred Martineau was an English cricketer.Alfred Martineau was educated at Uppingham School and King's College, Cambridge. A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler, he played two first-class matches for Cambridge University in 1889. His brother Lionel also played first-class cricket, as...

 and Lionel also played first-class cricket.

Martineau became a solicitor. He was president of the Law Society

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in 1931-2 and was knighted in 1933.