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Powell, Ernest Ormsby (Pre ’95, Amateur) born Liverpool 19.1.1861, died Stafford 29.3.1928. He went to Charterhouse School where he captained the XI, and Cambridge University where he played two games of first-class cricket in 1883 & 1884. He also played first-class cricket for Surrey (1882), MCC, the Gentlemen of the South and Hampshire in 1884 & 1885. After Hampshire lost their first-class status, he continued playing for the county through the late-1880s. In 11 first-class matches for Hampshire he scored 759 runs at 39.94 with a best of 140 v Somerset at the Antelope in 1884, and in the same year, he scored 99 v Surrey at the Oval.
Powys, Walter Norman (Pre ’95, Amateur) born Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire 28.7.1849, died Nottingham 7.1.1892. He was a fast, round-left-arm bowler who played for Cambridge University, MCC, other first-class sides and in 1877 & 1878, two matches for Hampshire, in which he took two wickets. For the University, he took 78 wickets at 11.88 with a best of 9-42 v MCC.
Prittipal, Lawrence Roland (452) born Portsmouth 19.10.1979. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler who made his Hampshire debut in limited-overs cricket in 1999, and in first-class cricket in the following season. He was the first Hampshire batsman to score a century at the new Rose Bowl, for the 2nd XI v Glamorgan 2nd XI in 2000, the last man to score a Championship century for the county at Northlands Road, v Derbyshire, and the last man to score a limited-overs half-century on that ground, in Hampshire’s final game there v Nottinghamshire. He was clearly a player of promise, but like some of his contemporaries, struggled on the Rose Bowl pitches in the early years. He scored 975 first-class runs in 23 matches at 28.67, with nine wickets, in limited-overs matches, 498 runs at 12.45, with 19 wickets, and there were 13 matches in the T20. After leaving Hampshire, he played in the Southern League, and was one of two leading figures in the creation of Cage Cricket, a format aimed principally at young people in inner cities.
Prothero, Rowland (registered at birth as Roland) Edmund (Pre ’95, Amateur) born Worcestershire, 6.9.1851, died Berkshire 1.7.1937. He played in four matches for Hampshire, in 1875, 1881, 1882 & 1883, scoring 57 runs at 11.40 and taking two wickets. While his first-class record was modest, his life was very interesting. He was a barrister and an MP, representing Oxford University during the war years; a Privy Counsellor, President of the Board of Agriculture & Fisheries and a Member of the Cabinet. He became Lord Ernle in 1919 and was President of MCC 1924-1925.
Proud, Roland Barton (292, Amateur) born Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham 29.9.1919, died Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, 27.10.1961. He was a batsman who played at Winchester College and Oxford University, and after the war, for ten seasons with Durham, then a Minor County. In 1938 & 1939 he played in seven matches for Hampshire, with an average of 16.63 and a best score of 38* (& 28) v Derbyshire at Chesterfield on debut for the county; the first innings of 28 included four sixes. His highest first-class score of 87 (run out) came in the 1939 ‘Varsity’ match, which Oxford won, and his final first-class match was for the Minor Counties v the West Indians at Lakenham in 1950.
Prouton, Ralph Oliver (320) born Southampton 1.3.1926. He was a wicket-keeper and right-hand batsman who played for Hampshire from 1949-1954, when he was one of a number of possible replacements for Neil McCorkell. In 1950 & 1951 he played for MCC during a period on the groundstaff at Lord’s. 52 first-class matches for the county he scored 982 runs at 14.44 and dismissed 97 batsmen, 13 stumped. His best score was 90, one of five half-centuries. He played football for Arsenal and Swindon Town.
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Hampshire Cricket History 
Prothero was a prolific writer and ten of his works were published. Refer my bibliography.
Comment by Stephen Saunders April 15, 2018 @ 6:17 pm