Duncan Pocklington

Duncan Pocklington (18 June 1841 – 1 June 1870) was an English first-class cricketer and Anglican clergyman.

Duncan Pocklington

Personal information
Full name	Duncan Pocklington
Born	18 June 1841 Walesby, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	1 June 1870(1870-06-01) (aged 28) Pimlico, London, England
Batting	Unknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 27 Batting average 27.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 24* Balls bowled 166 Wickets 2 Bowling average 30.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/44 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 November 2019

The son of Roger Pocklington, he was born in June 1841 at Walesby, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.^[1] While at Oxford, was a member of the Oxford University Boat Club and was a member of the winning Oxford crew in the 1864 Boat Race.^[2] Although Pocklington did not feature in first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club, he did play for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South at Nottingham in 1862,^[3] where he scored 27 runs and took 2 wickets in the match.^[4] After graduating from Oxford, Pocklington took holy orders, becoming the curate of Tithby in Nottinghamshire until his death in June 1870 at Pimlico.^[2] His grandmother was Jane Addison, who was the first woman in the United Kingdom to petition a divorce (with the ability to remarry) against her husband through an Act of Parliament and to do so with success.