Philip Humphreys Tomalin (10 April 1858 – 12 February 1940) was member of the Norse Rowing Club in Richmond, and the Carlton Cricket Club

Carlton Cricket Club

Carlton Cricket Club is an Australian cricket team that competes in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition. The club was formed in 1864 and plays its home matches at Princes Park in North Carlton. Known as the Blues, Carlton has won eight First XI premierships, most recently in the...

 that played at Regent's park

Regent's Park

Regent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden...

 before he left for France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 at the age of 21. He stayed there, 60 years until 1939 and died the following year at Bognor Regis

Bognor Regis

Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, on the south coast of England. It is south-south-west of London, west of Brighton, and south-east of the city of Chichester. Other nearby towns include Littlehampton east-north-east and Selsey to the...

. He was the captain of the silver medal winning French cricket team

French cricket team

The France national cricket team is the team that represents the country of France in international cricket matches. They became an associate member of the International Cricket Council in 1998, having previously been an affiliate member since 1987. They won Silver medal in the 1900 Olympic Games...

 at the 1900 Summer Olympics

1900 Summer Olympics

The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1900 in Paris, France. No opening or closing ceremonies were held; competitions began on May 14 and ended on October 28. The Games were held as part of...

, the only time to date that cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 has featured in the Olympics. In the only match against Great Britain, he was the not out batsman in both French innings, scoring three runs in the first and six in the second. He was born in Kensington

Kensington

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Standard Athletic Club

In 1894, the Annual General Meeting of the Standard Athletic Club

Standard Athletic Club

The Standard Athletic Club is a British social club in Paris, created on 1 March 1890, as one of the first football clubs in France. The Standard Athletic Club won the first French football championship in 1894, and then again in 1895, 1897, 1898 and 1901...

 appointed Philip Humphreys Tomalin to the Presidency of the Club. He remained the president of the club until 1940, and in 46 years turned the collection of youths meeting in the little bar of the rue Copernic into the premier British sports club in Paris.