Alexander Drummond (cricketer)

Captain Alexander Victor Drummond (20 October 1888 – 29 April 1937) was an English cricketer. Drummond's batting and bowling styles are unknown.

Alexander Drummond

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Victor Drummond
Born	(1888-10-20)20 October 1888 Westminster, London, England
Died	29 April 1937(1937-04-29) (aged 48) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Occasional wicket-keeper
Relations	George Drummond (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1921	Buckinghamshire
1911–1921	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 182 Batting average 13.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 30 Balls bowled 192 Wickets 3 Bowling average 52.33 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/44 Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 May 2011

Personal life

Born in Westminster, London, he was the son of George James Drummond and Elizabeth Cecile Sophia Norman.^[1] He was educated at Harrow School.^[2] He later married actress Pauline Chase on 24 October 1914. The couple had three children.^[1][3] Drummond worked full-time as a banker.^[4][5] He served in the First World War, reaching the rank of captain, before continuing with his banking career after the war. He died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent on 29 April 1937.

Cricket career

Drummond made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University in 1911. He made seven further first-class appearances for the MCC: five before World War I and two after, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1921.^[6] In this total of 8 first-class matches, he scored 182 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 30.^[7] With the ball, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 52.33, with a best figure of 2/44.^[8] Drummond made a single appearance for Buckinghamshire in the 1921 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire.^[9]