Fitzhardinge Liebenrood

Fitzhardinge Hancock Liebenrood (14 September 1885 – 11 May 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Fitzhardinge Liebenrood

Personal information
Full name	Fitzhardinge Hancock Liebenrood
Born	14 September 1885 Eltham, Kent, England
Died	11 May 1969(1969-05-11) (aged 83) Poole, Dorset, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Relations	Harold Scott (son-in-law)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1905–1907	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 7 Runs scored 125 Batting average 11.36 100s/50s –/– Top score 26 Balls bowled 54 Wickets 2 Bowling average 22.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/9 Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 April 2021

Liebenrood was born at Eltham in September 1885 and was educated at Wellington College.^[1] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1905 to 1907, making seven appearances.^[2] He had limited success in his seven matches, scoring 125 runs at an average of 11.36 and a highest score of 26,^[3] in addition to taking 2 wickets.^[4] From Wellington he proceeded to join the British Army, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in January 1904.^[5] He was promoted to lieutenant in June 1905,^[6] with promotion to captain following in August 1908.^[7]

Liebenrood served in the First World War, during which he was seconded to the training school of the Machine Gun Corps in September 1916 and was made a temporary major the following month.^[8][9] Later in the war, he was appointed to be an instructor at the School of Musketry at Hythe in November 1917,^[10] a position which he relinquished in December 1918.^[11] He abandoned the surname Libenrood in March 1922, simply being known as Fitzhardinge Hancock.^[12] He died at Poole in May 1969. His son-in-law was Harold Scott, a first-class cricketer for Sussex.