Sidney Kitcat

Sidney Austyn Paul Kitcat (20 July 1868 – 17 June 1942) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire between 1890 and 1904.[1]

Sidney Kitcat
Personal information
Full nameSidney Austyn Paul Kitcat
Born(1868-07-20)20 July 1868
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Died17 June 1942(1942-06-17) (aged 73)
Esher, Surrey
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1890-1904Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 54
Runs scored 1899
Batting average 21.82
100s/50s 0/10
Top score 95*
Balls bowled 725
Wickets 14
Bowling average 34.35
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/0
Catches/stumpings 38/0
Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2020

Life

Sidney Kitcat was the seventh child and third son of the Reverend David Kitcat, Rector of Westonbirt, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire.[2] He was educated at Marlborough College, where he captained the First XI in 1886.[3] After an incident in a school match when he was controversially dismissed, the Marylebone Cricket Club changed the Laws of Cricket to make it illegal for a bowler to bowl consecutive overs.[3]

W. G. Grace saw Kitcat playing for Marylebone Cricket Club and asked him to join Gloucestershire, Grace's county team.[3] He played as an amateur, fitting county matches in when the demands of his business allowed.[3] His highest score was 95 not out against Middlesex at Lord's in 1897.[4] Against Sussex in 1896, he and Grace, who made 301, added 193 for the ninth wicket; Kitcat made 77 not out.[5]

He was also an international hockey player.[6] In 1896 he married a widow, Mabel Murray Hickson, a writer of short stories.[3]

References
  1. "Sidney Kitcat". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. "Person Page - 61006". The Peerage. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "Chats on the Cricket Field: Mr. S. A. P. Kitcat", Cricket, 14 April 1898, pp. 49–50.
  4. "Middlesex v Gloucestershire 1897". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. "Gloucestershire v Sussex 1896". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. "Obituary: S. A. P. Kitcat", The Cricketer, 4 July 1942, p. 160.
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