Patrick Durlacher

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Patrick Neville Durlacher

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|3|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Paddington, London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|2|26|1903|3|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = Ireland

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| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Middlesex

| year1 = 1921–1923

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| club2 = Buckinghamshire

| year2 = 1920

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 43

| bat avg1 = 10.75

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| top score1 = 27

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| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 25 May

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12278.html Cricinfo

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Patrick Neville Durlacher (17 March 1903 – 26 February 1971) was an English cricketer. Durlacher was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Paddington, London, the son of Neville Durlacher and his Irish-born wife Ruth Dyas. He was educated at Wellington College, where he represented the school cricket team.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29176/all_teams.html|title=Teams Patrick Durlacher played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 May 2011}} It was for the college that he was part of the Wellington Rackets pair who won the Public Schools Championship in 1921.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/234722.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1971|date=27 January 2006|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=25 May 2011}}

He played for Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1920,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29176/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Patrick Durlacher|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 May 2011}} which turned out to be a successful season for him, which paved the way for him to make his first-class debut for Middlesex the following season.

His first-class debut came against Somerset in 1921, although he was an infrequent fixture in the Middlesex side, playing just 4 further matches up till 1923.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29176/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Patrick Durlacher|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 May 2011}} In his 5 first-class appearances, he scored 43 runs at a batting average of 10.75, with a high score of 27.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29176/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Patrick Durlacher|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 May 2011}}

He later studied at Cambridge University, despite not representing the University in cricket, Durlacher nevertheless won a Cambridge Blue in cross country running.

In 1935, Durlacher was listed in the London Gazette as living in Stoke Green, Buckinghamshire and making a claim to his late father's estate.{{London Gazette |issue=34156 |date=1935-05-03 |page=2941 }} His sister, Nora Durlacher, was a tennis player who appeared in the 1919 Irish Lawn Tennis Championships doubles. Durlacher died suddenly while fishing in Ireland on 26 February 1971.