Okeover Longcroft

Okeover Longcroft
Personal information
Full name Okeover Butler Longcroft
Born (1850-03-06)6 March 1850
Havant, Hampshire, England
Died 7 September 1871(1871-09-07) (aged 21)
Havant, Hampshire, England
Batting style Right-handed
Role Wicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
18691870 Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 2
Runs scored 28
Batting average 7.00
100s/50s /
Top score 12
Balls bowled 103
Wickets 8
Bowling average 9.37
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/15
Catches/stumpings 1/1
Source: Cricinfo, 28 December 2009

Okeover Butler Longcroft (6 March 1850 7 September 1871) was an English cricketer. Longcroft was a right-handed batsman who played as a wicketkeeper.

Longcroft made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1869. In this match Longcroft, despite being a wicketkeeper did not keep wicket. Longcroft bowled in both the Marylebone Cricket Club's innings, taking three wickets in the match.

Longcroft made his second and final first-class appearance for Hampshire in 1870 against Lancashire. Longcroft kept wicket for Hampshire in this match, but despite that he bowled in both of Lancashire's innings, taking five wickets in the match. His final career bowling average was 9.37.

Longcroft died at his family home - Hall Place in Havant, Hampshire - on 7 September 1871. Longcroft was just 21, and unmarried, when he died and the cause of his death was registered by the family doctor as typhoid fever. His life is recorded in the book which documents the entire history of his family, The Longcrofts: 500 Years of a British Family by James Phillips-Evans, published by Amazon (2012).


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