“GRAND OLD MAN” DIES
Sir Pelham Warner (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) LONDON, January 31. Sir Pelham Warner, former cricket captain of England, u past M.C.C. president and England test selector, died yesterday. He was 89. Sir Pelham Warner, “the grand old man’’ of English cricket, who was known affectionately as “Plum,” had been in failing health for the last year. He was bom in Trinidad, was a ter. 1 . selector for more than 30 years, and devoted the greater part of bis life to cricket.
He appeared in 15 tests and went to Australia twice as captain of the M.C.C. The Ashes were brought back both times, though on the second occasion, in 191112, Sir Pelham Warner never Jed England on the field because of illness.
Sir Pelham Warner’s greatest playing year was 1911, when at the age of 37 he scored 2123 runs at an average of 46 and made five centuries.
Altogether he made 29.293 runs (average 36) and scored 61 centuries.
His highest score was 244 for Middlesex against Warwickshire in 1911.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30045, 1 February 1963, Page 10
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