Aubrey Bruce Cooper Cecil (10 March 1847 — 21 January 1900) was an English first-class cricketer.

Aubrey Cecil
Personal information
Full name
Aubrey Bruce Cooper Cecil
Born(1847-03-10)10 March 1847
Toddington, Bedfordshire, England
Died21 January 1900(1900-01-21) (aged 52)
at sea, near Santa Cruz Islands,
Pacific Ocean
BattingRight-handed
RelationsEgerton Cecil (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1876Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 6
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 4
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2010

The son of Moses Tearle (who changed his surname to Cecil), he was born at Toddington Manor in Bedfordshire in July 1853. He played first-class for Hampshire in 1876, making a single appearance against Derbyshire at Derby in 1875.[1] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 2 runs in Hampshire's first innings by John Platts, while following-on in their second innings, he was dismissed for 4 runs by William Hickton.[2]

Outside of cricket, Cecil was a ships' surgeon, though it is unclear how he came about his medical qualification.[3] He later emigrated to Australia with his wife, where he worked as a government agent from 1882 aboard ships voyaging around the South Pacific.[4] Cecil was aboard the barquentine Coquette in January 1900 when he fell ill at Flinders Island near Tasmania. Over the coming weeks he gradually became more ill, and subsequently died on board the ship on 21 January near the Santa Cruz Islands, where he was buried at sea.[5] His brother, Egerton, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

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  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Aubrey Cecil". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Derbyshire v Hampshire, 1876". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Aubrey Cooper Cecil, 1847, Toddington, UK". www.tearle.org.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Official notifications". Telegraph. Brisbane. 29 July 1882. p. 5. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Cruise of a labour vessel". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 February 1900. p. 8. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Trove.
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