Horace Peacock
{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Horace Peacock
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Horace Ogilvie Peacock
| birth_date = 26 September 1869
| birth_place = St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1940|6|5|1869|9|26}}
| death_place = Harston, Leicestershire, England
| nickname =
| family = {{ubl|Walter Boden (brother-in-law)|Edgar Lubbock (brother-in-law)}}
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = Lincolnshire
| year1 = 1895
| club3 = MCC
| year3 = 1896–1899
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 124
| bat avg1 = 12.40
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 38
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
| date = 16 February
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18836.html Cricinfo
}}
Horace Ogilvie Peacock (26 September 1869 – 5 June 1940) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Peacock served in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry during Second Boer War, in addition to playing first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Military career
Peacock was born at St Neots and was educated at Harrow School.{{cite book |title=The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893 |publisher=Longmans |year=1894 |first1=Reginald Courtenay |last1=Welch |page=[https://archive.org/details/harrowschoolreg00schogoog/page/n573 554] |url=https://archive.org/details/harrowschoolreg00schogoog |language=en}} After leaving Harrow he enlisted in the British Army with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry as a second lieutenant.{{London Gazette |issue=26509|date=4 May 1894|startpage=2617}}
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in February 1900.{{London Gazette |issue=27160|date=2 February 1900|startpage=692}} Having served in the Second Boer War, Peacock was promoted several years later to the rank of major in April 1908.{{London Gazette |issue=28163|date=31 July 1908|startpage=5638}}
Cricket career
He made one appearance in minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire in their second ever Minor Counties Championship match, which came against Norfolk in 1895.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31957/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Horace Peacock |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-16 |url-access=subscription}} The following year he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Nottinghamshire at Lord's, with Peacock making six first-class appearances for the MCC from 1896–1899.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31957/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Horace Peacock |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-16 |url-access=subscription}} He scored 124 runs across these six matches, averaging 12.40, with a high score of 38.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31957/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Horace Peacock |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-16 |url-access=subscription}}
Death
He died at Harston in Leicestershire in June 1940. His sister, Amy Myddelton Peacock, married the first-class cricketer Edgar Lubbock.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2849.htm |title=Profile: Edgar Lubbock |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2019-02-16}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=18836}}
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Category:Sportspeople from St Neots
Category:People educated at Harrow School
Category:Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry officers
Category:Lincolnshire cricketers
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers