Cecil Headlam

Cecil Headlam (19 September 1872 – 12 August 1934) was an English first-class cricketer active in 1895–1908, who played for Middlesex and Oxford University. He was born in Paddington; died in Charing.^[1] He was also a cricket historian.^[2]

Headlam was educated at Rugby School, then won a demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford. He travelled extensively and wrote travel books and histories,^[3] and edited anthologies including a collection of the poems of his brother Walter.^[4]

His recreations included cricket, fishing, golf, climbing, and gardening.^[5]

Works

• The Story of Nuremberg. Dent. 1899.
• Peter Vischer. Bell. 1901.^[6]
• The Marriage of Mr. Molyneux. Hurst & Blackett. 1901.
• The Story of Chartres. Dent. 1902.
• Friends that Fail Not: Light Essays Concerning Books. Hurst & Blackett. 1902.
• Ten Thousand Miles through India and Burmah: Account of Oxford Authentics' Cricket Tour with Mr. K. J. Key in Year of Coronation Durbar. Dent. 1903.
• Oxford and its Story. Dent. 1904.^[7][8]
• Provence and Languedoc. Methuen. 1912.^[9]