Octavius Hammond (19 March 1835 – 22 August 1908) was an English clergyman and a first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University between 1855 and 1857.[1] He was born in Newmarket, Suffolk and died at Herringswell, also in Suffolk.

Hammond played cricket for Cambridge University in eight matches that are now considered to be first-class across three seasons: three of the games were part of the University match series against Oxford University for which participants are awarded a Blue.[2] He also played twice for a Cambridge Town Club aka Cambridgeshire side in first-class games and once for a team representing "The Gentlemen of England". A middle-order batsman, his best first-class innings was a score of 52 not out for the University side against the Cambridge Town Club in 1857.[3]

Career outside cricket

Hammond was a grandson of Charles Hammond (1749–1837) who founded a bank in Newmarket (taken over by Barclays Bank in 1905).[4] He was educated at Uppingham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[5] On graduation, he was ordained as a Church of England priest and from 1867 to his death he was the rector of Herringswell in Suffolk.[5] Shortly after his installation at Herringswell, and soon after a minor church renovation at St Ethelbert's Church, which was of 11th century origin, the thatched roof of the church caught fire during a Sunday morning service and the entire building was destroyed apart from the outer walls and the tower; contemporary reports note that the rector supervised the rescue of the church organ which he had himself donated.[6] Hammond organised the rebuilding and engaged the services of the distinguished London architect Arthur Blomfield.

References

  1. "Octavius Hammond". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. "First-class Matches played by Octavius Hammond". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club". www.cricketarchive.com. 28 May 1857. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  4. "No.58-60 High Street Newmarket". Newmarket Shops History.
  5. 1 2 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Octavius Hammond". Cambridge, University Press. p. 219. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  6. "Destruction of St Ethelbert's Church, Herringswell" (PDF). www.onesuffolk.net. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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