Thomas Chamberlayne (cricketer)
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| Full name | Thomas Chamberlayne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Tankerville Chamberlayne (Son), Denzil Chamberlayne (Son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1844 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1842–1849 | Hampshire (pre-county club) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 15 February 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Chamberlayne (1805 – 21 October 1876) was an English cricketer and yachtsman.
He was born 1805 at Charlton, Kent, the son of the Reverend Thomas Chamberlayne and Maria Francesca Walker. He married in 1830 Amelia Onslow, the daughter of Denzil Onslow (1770–1838), a General in the Grenadier Guards and an amateur cricketer. He served as High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1833.
In 1842 three local gentlemen, Chamberlayne, Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst and Sir John Barker-Mill, financed the development of the Antelope Ground in Southampton.
Chamberlayne made his first-class debut for the pre-county club Hampshire against Marylebone Cricket Club in 1842. From 1842 to 1849 Chamberlayne represented Hampshire in fourteen first-class matches, with his final first-class match coming against an All England Eleven in 1849.
Additionally, Chamberlayne played a single first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Petworth in 1844.
In his first-class career, Chamberlayne scored 53 runs at a very low batting average of 2.65, with a high score of 24.
Chamberlayne's yacht the Arrow, took part in the inaugural America's Cup race in 1851.
Chamberlayne was a hunting and coursing enthusiast, who built both new stables and, as was his love for cricket, he built a cricket field at the family home at Cranbury Park.
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