Batting style Right-handed 1921 Buckinghamshire | Name Alexander Drummond Role Cricket Player | |
Full name Alexander Victor Drummond Born 20 October 1888 ( 1888-10-20 ) Westminster, London, England Bowling style Occasional wicket-keeper Relations George Drummond (brother) 1911–1921 Marylebone Cricket Club Died April 29, 1937, Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom | ||
Captain Alexander Victor Drummond (20 October 1888 – 29 April 1937) was an English cricketer. Drummond's batting and bowling styles are unknown.
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Personal life
Born in Westminster, London, he was the son of George James Drummond and Elizabeth Cecile Sophia Norman. He later married actress Pauline Chase on 24 October 1914. The couple had three children. Drummond worked full-time as a banker. He served in the First World War, reaching the rank of captain, before continuing with his banking career after the war. He died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent on 29 April 1937.
Cricket career
Drummond made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University in 1911. He made 7 further first-class appearances for the MCC: 5 before World War I and 2 after, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1921. In this total of 8 first-class matches, he scored 182 runs at a batting average of 13.00, with a high score of 30. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 52.33, with best figures of 2/44. Drummond made a single appearance for Buckinghamshire in the 1921 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire.