Vivian Purcell
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| Full name | Vivian Edward Purcell | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 1882 Ipswich, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 April 1954 (aged 71) Hove, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1911/12 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Vivian Edward Purcell (18 May 1882 – 23 April 1954) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.
The son of Colonel H. M. Purcell, he was born at Ipswich in May 1882. Purcell was educated at Wellington College,[1] before attending the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, from where he graduated into the Royal Engineers (RE) as a second lieutenant in July 1901.[2] Promotion to lieutenant followed in April 1904,[3] with a further promotion to captain coming in January 1912.[4] While in serving in British India, Purcell made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees at Bombay in the 1911–12 Bombay Triangular Tournament.[5] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Maneksha Bulsara, while in their second innings he top-scored with an unbeaten 29 in the Europeans total of 85 all out.[6]
Purcell served in the RE during the First World War, during which he gained promotion to major in November 1916.[7] Eight years after the end of the war, he was placed on the half-pay list on account of ill-health,[8] prior to retiring in October 1928.[9] Purcell died at Hove in April 1954.[10]