Eustace Mordaunt

Eustace Mordaunt
Personal information
Full name	Eustace Charles Mordaunt
Born	6 September 1870; Wellesbourne Hastings, Warwickshire
Died	21 June 1938 (aged 67); Marylebone, London
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Relations	John Mordaunt (father); Henry Mordaunt (brother); Gerald Mordaunt (brother); Osbert Mordaunt (uncle)
Domestic team information
1891–1894	Middlesex
1896–1897	Kent
FC debut	21 May 1891 Middlesex v Kent
Last FC	6 June 1904 I Zingari v Gentlemen of England
Career statistics
Matches	11
Runs scored	132
Batting average	7.33
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	21
Balls bowled	278
Wickets	4
Bowling average	34.00
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	1/4
Catches/stumpings	3/–
	Source: CricInfo, 21 December 2018

Eustace Charles Mordaunt (6 September 1870 – 21 June 1938) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club and Middlesex County Cricket Club at the turn of the 20th century.^[1]

Mordaunt was born at Wellesbourne Hastings in Warwickshire, the son of John Mordaunt who had played cricket for MCC.^[2]^[3] He was educated at Wellington College where he was in the cricket XI from 1887 to 1889, leading the school averages in his final season and captaining the side in 1888.^[4]^[5]^[6] He played for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 1887 whilst he was at school at a time when the county did not have first-class cricket status.^[4]

Mordaunt played in 11 first-class matches. He made his first-class debut for Middlesex in May 1891 playing against Kent at Lord's. He played four times for the county between 1891 and 1894 before moving to play for Kent between 1896 and 1897, making six appearances for the county. His final first-class match was for I Zingari in 1904. He played non-first-class cricket for a variety of amateur sides, including I Zingari, MCC, Band of Brothers and Free Foresters.^[7] His brothers henry and Gerry both played first-class cricket.^[2]

He remained closely associated with Wellington College throughout his life and served as a Governor of the college.^[5] Mordaunt died at Marylebone in London in 1938 aged 67.^[2]

References

^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 391–392. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
^ ^a ^b ^c Eustace Mordaunt, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
^ John Mordaunt, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
^ ^a ^b Mordaunt, Mr Eustace Charles, Obituaries in 1938, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1939. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
^ ^a ^b Mr. E. C. Mordaunt, The Times, 1938-07-01, p.18.
^ The Public Schools in 1889, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1890, p.232.Available online. Retrieved 2018-12-21.)
^ Eustace Mordaunt, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-21.