Valentine Titchmarsh (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valentine Adolphus Titchmarsh was a first-class cricketer and Test match umpire. Born in 1853 in Hertfordshire, he played 8 matches for Marylebone Cricket Club and others between 1885 and 1891 as a right arm quick bowler and left handed batsman. His best haul, 5 for 69, came against Cambridge University Cricket Club. He played for his native minor county Hertfordshire County Cricket Club from 1876 to 1897. Titchmarsh stood in 3 Test matches, on the Australian tours of England in 1899, 1902 and 1905. He served as a first-class cricket umpire from 1882 to 1906 and died in 1907.