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Full name | Brian Danvers Butler | ||||||||||||||
Born | 18 April 1876 Swithland, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 18 August 1916 Longueval, Somme, France | (aged 40)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1913–1914 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 23 March 2021 |
Brian Danvers Butler (18 April 1876 – 18 August 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of the Earl of Lanesborough and his wife, Anne Elizabeth Clarke, he was born in April 1876 at Swithland Hall in Leicestershire. [1] In the early years of the 20th century, Butler played cricket for Leicestershire Second XI, though he never featured for the first XI. [2] He later moved to East Grinstead in Sussex, where he was a popular figure who played for East Grinstead Cricket Club, in addition to being a keen golfer. [3] A member of the Marylebone Cricket Club since 1909, [1] Butler made two appearances in first-class cricket for the club in 1913 and 1914, playing against Hampshire on both occasions. [4]
Butler served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in April 1915. [1] [5] He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in September 1915. [6] Butler fought on the Western Front and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 18 August 1916. [1]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Brian Danvers Butler | ||||||||||||||
Born | 18 April 1876 Swithland, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 18 August 1916 Longueval, Somme, France | (aged 40)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1913–1914 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 23 March 2021 |
Brian Danvers Butler (18 April 1876 – 18 August 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of the Earl of Lanesborough and his wife, Anne Elizabeth Clarke, he was born in April 1876 at Swithland Hall in Leicestershire. [1] In the early years of the 20th century, Butler played cricket for Leicestershire Second XI, though he never featured for the first XI. [2] He later moved to East Grinstead in Sussex, where he was a popular figure who played for East Grinstead Cricket Club, in addition to being a keen golfer. [3] A member of the Marylebone Cricket Club since 1909, [1] Butler made two appearances in first-class cricket for the club in 1913 and 1914, playing against Hampshire on both occasions. [4]
Butler served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in April 1915. [1] [5] He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in September 1915. [6] Butler fought on the Western Front and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 18 August 1916. [1]