Reginald Sinclair

{{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 = Reginald Leahy Sinclair

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| birth_date = 20 April 1874

| birth_place = Kolhapur, Bombay Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1928|3|23|1874|4|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Ditchling, Sussex, England

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| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

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| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = {{nowrap|1893/94–1903/04}}

| club2 = Bombay

| year2 = 1902/03

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 14

| runs1 = 88

| bat avg1 = 6.28

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 45

| deliveries1 = 1,945

| wickets1 = 64

| bowl avg1 = 11.23

| fivefor1 = 7

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 6/34

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| date = 26 November

| year = 2022

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/reginald-sinclair-34427 Cricinfo

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Reginald Leahy Sinclair {{postnominal|JP}} (20 April 1874 — 23 March 1928) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the Indian Civil Service.

The son of George Sinclair, a surgeon,Marriages. The Gentlewoman. 6 May 1905. p. 67. he was born in British India at Kolhapur in April 1874. He was educated in England at Repton School, where he played for the school cricket team.{{cite book |title=Repton School Register 1557-1910 |date=1910 |publisher=A. J. Lawrence |page=329 |url=https://archive.org/details/b28994218 |language=en}} After completing his education, he proceeded to India where he was an assistant collector of salt revenues and a justice of the peace. He was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for work during the Indian famine of 1899–1900. While in India, Sinclair played first-class cricket from 1893 to 1903 on fourteen occasions, thirteen of which came for the Europeans cricket team in the Bombay Presidency Match, with a further appearance for Bombay against the touring Oxford University Authentics in 1902.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14563/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Reginald Sinclair|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} A prolific wicket-taker, Sinclair took 64 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 11.23, taking a five wicket haul on three occasions and took ten wickets in a match once.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14563/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Reginald Sinclair|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} His best innings figures of 6 for 34 against the Parsees in August 1895, a match which saw him taking match figures of 11 for 77.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4444.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1895/96|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} Playing as a lower order batsman, he scored 88 runs at a batting average of 6.28. His highest score with the bat was 45, which came for Bombay; his next highest score was 14 for the Europeans.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14563/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Reginald Sinclair|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} Sinclair later retired to England, where he died in March 1928 at Ditchling, Sussex.