Sidney Kitcat
English cricketer
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Sidney Austyn Paul Kitcat (20 July 1868 – 17 June 1942) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire between 1890 and 1904.[1]
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| Full name | Sidney Austyn Paul Kitcat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1868 Tetbury, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 June 1942 (aged 73) Esher, Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1890-1904 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]