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Full name | Neville Montague Ford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Repton Derbyshire, England |
18 November 1906||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 June 2000 Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England |
(aged 93)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1926–1934 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1928–1930 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1932 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1932 | MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 18 August 1926 Derbyshire v Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 8 June 1935 Free Foresters v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neville Montague Ford (18 November 1906 – 15 June 2000) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire, Oxford University, Middlesex and MCC between 1926 and 1934.
Ford was born at Repton, the son of the Rev Lionel Ford and his wife May Talbot. His father was then headmaster of Repton School and in 1910 became headmaster of Harrow School. His mother was the daughter of Edward Stuart Talbot, who was successively Bishop of Rochester, Southwark and Winchester. Ford's brother Sir Edward Ford became assistant private secretary first to King George VI and then to Queen Elizabeth II.
Ford belonged to a large family of cricketers. His grandfather William Augustus Ford played for MCC from 1839 to 1849. His father and brother Clifford also played for minor counties. Of his uncles Francis Ford played for England, Middlesex and MCC, William Justice Ford played for Cambridge University, Middlesex and MCC, Augustus Ford played for Cambridge University, Middlesex and MCC. His uncle Neville Talbot played for Oxford University and his grandmother, the daughter of the 4th Lord Lyttelton, belonged to another family of cricketers.