Percy Latham

{{short description|Welsh cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Percy Latham

| image = Percy Holland Latham c1905.jpg

| fullname = Percy Holland Latham

| birth_date = 3 February 1873

| birth_place = Llandudno, Wales

| death_date = 22 June 1922 (aged 49)

| death_place = Haileybury College, Hertfordshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow

| role =

| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = {{nowrap|1892–1894}}

| club2 = Worcestershire

| year2 = 1895

| club3 = Sussex

| year3 = 1898–1906

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 63

| runs1 = 2,580

| bat avg1 = 26.06

| 100s/50s1 = 3/25

| top score1 = 172

| deliveries1 = 142

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 49.50

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/0

| catches/stumpings1 = 31/–

| date = 27 April

| year = 2023

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16468.html CricInfo

}}

Percy Holland Latham (3 February 1873 – 22 June 1922) was a Welsh cricketer active from 1892 to 1906 who played for Sussex. He appeared in 63 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm slow. He scored 2,580 runs with a highest score of 172 and took two wickets with a best performance of one for 0.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30886/30886.html Percy Latham]. CricketArchive

Latham was educated at Malvern College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He played cricket for Cambridge 1892–94 and was captain in 1894. After graduating he taught at Haileybury College from 1895 until his death.{{acad |id=LTN891PH |name=Latham, Percy Holland}}