Cecil Brooke-Short
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| Full name | Cecil Brooke-Short | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1894 Trinidad | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 June 1937 (aged 42) Liugong Island, Weihaiwei, Republic of China | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Cecil Brooke-Short (18 December 1894 – 28 June 1937) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
Born in Trinidad, Brooke-Short was commissioned into the Royal Marines as a second lieutenant in October 1913.[1] He served in the Marines in the First World War, during which he was granted the temporary rank of lieutenant in October 1914,[2] with confirmation of the full rank coming in October 1916.[3] He was then promoted to the rank of captain in October 1917.[4] After the war, Brooke-Short was placed on half-pay in September 1919, while holding a special appointment,[5] before returning to the establishment in December 1921.[6] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1925.[7] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Royal Navy first-innings by Adrian Gore, while in their second-innings he was unbeaten on 3 runs.[8] He was later promoted to the rank of major in November 1931,[9] before passing away in June 1937 at the Liugong Island Royal Navy base in China.
References[edit]
- ^ "No. 28761". The London Gazette. 3 October 1913. p. 6892.
- ^ "No. 28940". The London Gazette. 16 October 1914. p. 8250.
- ^ "No. 29772". The London Gazette. 3 October 1916. p. 9556.
- ^ "No. 30369". The London Gazette. 6 November 1917. p. 11472.
- ^ "No. 31743". The London Gazette. 20 January 1920. p. 836.
- ^ "No. 32572". The London Gazette. 10 January 1922. p. 284.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Cecil Brooke-Short". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Army v Royal Navy, 1925". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "No. 33802". The London Gazette. 26 February 1932. p. 1295.