Reginald Sinclair

Reginald Leahy Sinclair JP (20 April 1874 — 23 March 1928) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the Indian Civil Service.

The son of George Sinclair, a surgeon,^[1] he was born in British India at Kolhapur in April 1874. He was educated in England at Repton School, where he played for the school cricket team.^[2] After completing his education, he proceeded to India where he was an assistant collector of salt revenues and a justice of the peace. He was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for work during the Indian famine of 1899–1900.^[2] While in India, Sinclair played first-class cricket from 1893 to 1903 on fourteen occasions, thirteen of which came for the Europeans cricket team in the Bombay Presidency Match, with a further appearance for Bombay against the touring Oxford University Authentics in 1902.^[3] A prolific wicket-taker, Sinclair took 64 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 11.23, taking a five wicket haul on three occasions and took ten wickets in a match once.^[4] His best innings figures of 6 for 34 against the Parsees in August 1895, a match which saw him taking match figures of 11 for 77.^[5] Playing as a lower order batsman, he scored 88 runs at a batting average of 6.28. His highest score with the bat was 45, which came for Bombay; his next highest score was 14 for the Europeans.^[6] Sinclair later retired to England, where he died in March 1928 at Ditchling, Sussex.