Leonard Furber: Difference between revisions

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Furber was born to Charles and Emily Darrell Louisa Furber at [[Marylebone]] in August 1880; he was a twin, with his twin-brother being named Harold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hambo.org/hazelwood/view_man.php?id=194|title=Captain Harold Darrell FURBER|publisher=www.hambo.org|accessdateaccess-date=2021-11-11}}</ref> He was educated alongside his twin at [[Charterhouse School]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Charterhouse Register 1872-1900 |date=1904 |publisher=Stedman |page=418 |url=https://archive.org/details/charterhousereg00schogoog |language=en}}</ref> After leaving Charterhouse, Furber joined the [[British Army]] and was commissioned into the [[Suffolk Regiment]] as a [[Second_lieutenantSecond lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countriesUnited Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in February 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27052|date=14 February 1899|page=933}}</ref> before transferring to the [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry]] in January 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27263|date=4 January 1901|page=89}}</ref> Furber served in [[British India]] during the early years of the new century, where he played [[first-class cricket]] twice in 1902. His first match came for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Match]], while the second came for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against the touring [[Oxford University Authentics]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13483/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Leonard Furber|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdateaccess-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 37 runs across these two matches, with a highest score of 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13483/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Leonard Furber|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdateaccess-date=2021-11-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Besides playing first-class cricket, he was known to be an aggressive batsman in services cricket, one hitting 10 [[Boundary_Boundary (cricket)#Six_runsSix runs|sixes]] and 23 [[Boundary_Boundary (cricket)#Four_runsFour runs|fours]] in an innings.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/232809.html|title=Obituaries in 1912|date=13 January 2006 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdateaccess-date=2021-11-11}}</ref>