Percival Partridge

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Percival Walter Partridge

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| birth_date = 27 August 1879

| birth_place = Witney, Oxfordshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|7|12|1879|8|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Esher, Surrey, England

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| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

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| club1 = Norfolk

| year1 = 1898–1901

| club2 = Europeans

| year2 = 1916/17–1920/21

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 85

| bat avg1 = 14.16

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 42

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 19 November

| year = 2022

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/percival-partridge-32452 Cricinfo

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Percival Walter Partridge (27 August 1879 — 12 July 1964) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor.

Partridge was born in August 1879 at Witney, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Felsted School.{{cite book |title=Visitation of England and Wales |first1=Joseph Jackson |last1=Howard |first2=Frederick Arthur |last2=Crisp |date=1899 |volume=7 |page=164 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvc7AAAAMAAJ |language=en}} Partridge played minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1898 to 1901, making 19 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14269/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Percival Partridge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} He went to India in 1903, where he practiced as a solicitor at the family law firm King & Partridge in Madras. A member of the Madras Cricket Club, Partridge was instrumental in allowing for the indigenous members of the Madras Union Club to have lunch in the cricket pavilion of the Madras Cricket Club Ground during a game between the two teams, with the usual custom being for indigenous players to have their lunch under trees outside the pavilion.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/moments-in-history/sir-robert-daniel-richmond-the-jamaica-born-scottish-who-played-first-madras-presidency-match-741834|title=Sir Robert Daniel Richmond: The Jamaica-born Scottish who played first Madras Presidency Match|first=Pradip|last=Dhole|publisher=www.cricketcountry.com|accessdate=19 November 2022}} Partridge played first-class cricket in Madras on three occasions for the Europeans cricket team, all against the Indians in the Madras Presidency Matches between 1917 and 1920.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14269/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Percival Partridge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} He scored 85 runs in his three matches, at an average of 14.16, with a highest score of 42.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14269/f_Batting_by_Opponent.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Percival Partridge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} He additional stood as an umpire in one Madras Presidency Match in 1927.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14269/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html|title=Percival Partridge as Umpire in First-Class Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} Retiring to England, Partridge died at Esher in July 1964.