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CECIL ABERCROMBIE

December 10, 2015, 8:51 am
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As an amateur and naval officer, he played only occasionally for Hampshire but is the first of the six men to have scored a century on first-class debut for the county (none on first-class debut). He was also a Scottish Rugby International.

He died at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and I’m very grateful to Richard Griffiths who received and passed on these two photographs from a memorial at Murrayfield

Abercrombie dedication

Abercrombie dedication 2

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I see Eric Liddell is also on that memorial. Good company to be keeping.

Comment by Dave Pople December 10, 2015 @ 3:19 pm

Dave-I’ve seen his name on the War Memorial on Plymouth Hoe and I assume he must be on the one at Southsea.

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