Herbert Curteis (cricketer, born 1849)

Herbert Curteis

Personal information
Full name	Herbert Curteis
Born	14 April 1849 Hailsham, Sussex, England
Died	28 October 1919 (aged 70) Hailsham, Sussex, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm roundarm medium
Relations	Herbert Curteis (father) Robert Curteis (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1874–1880	Marylebone Cricket Club
1873	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 48 Batting average 9.60 100s/50s –/– Top score 25 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 July 2012

Herbert Curteis (14 April 1849 – 28 October 1919) was an English cricketer. Curteis was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm medium pace. He was born at Hailsham, Sussex, and was educated at Westminster School.

Curteis made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1873 at Ashford, Eastbourne.^[1] In his only innings, he scored 25 runs before he was dismissed by Bob Lipscomb, with Sussex winning by an innings and 104 runs.^[2] He later made three first-class appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club, twice against Oxford University in 1874 and against Hampshire in 1880.^[1] In his three first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club, he scored a total of 23 runs at an average of 5.75, with a high score of 12.^[3]

He died at the town of his birth on 28 October 1919. His father, also called Herbert, played first-class cricket, as did his brother Robert.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Herbert Curteis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
2. "Sussex v Kent, 1873". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Herbert Curteis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

External links

• Herbert Curteis at ESPNcricinfo
• Herbert Curteis at CricketArchive