lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year hidedeliveries birth_date tenfor debutagainst country death_place club fivefor batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate role source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
surrey balls -- 4 november 1961 29 august 1921 1 13 / -- 1921 -- 30 2013 true 27 september 1891 -- kent england stockerston hall , leicestershire , england leicestershire -- right-handed john de lisle john adrian frederick march phillipps de lisle leicestershire kensington , london , england first-class 8 june batsman/captain http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/29/29012/29012.html cricketarchive first-class 1930 530 1891 9 27 yes -- leicestershire -- / 2 33 john de lisle -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

john de lisle -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

john adrian frederick march phillipps de lisle -lrb- 27 september 1891 -- 4 november 1961 -rrb- was an english businessman and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for leicestershire and was captain of the team in the 1930 season .
he also served as high sheriff of leicestershire .
he was born in kensington , london and died at his home , stockerston hall , near uppingham , rutland .
de lisle was from a prominent leicestershire family -- his father was edwin de lisle , member of parliament for loughborough from 1886 to 1892 , and his grandfather was ambrose lisle march phillipps de lisle , a leading catholic figure and the builder of grace dieu manor .
john de lisle intended to make a military career in the cavalry but for financial reasons had to settle instead for a life in business in the jute trade in india , where he joined the calcutta scottish regiment in the first world war .
on a visit home to england in 1921 he made a single first-class appearance for leicestershire in a county championship match against kent , and although leicestershire lost the match de lisle , with innings of 72 and 88 , top-scored in both innings .
none of the rest of de lisle 's cricketing career lived up to the promise of this first appearance .
in 1924 , he reappeared for leicestershire in two games but scored only seven runs in three innings .
from 1925 , he moved back to england and became a stockbroker with a firm working on the birmingham stock exchange .
in 1930 , leicestershire , short of a captain because of the unavailability of eddie dawson , appointed de lisle as captain for the season .
the move was not a success : although leicestershire began the season well , performances fell away badly and de lisle himself managed only 363 runs in 30 matches at an average of just 8.85 , and with a top score of only 28 .
`` wisden cricketers ' almanack '' commented that de lisle `` possessed no special ability as a run-getter and , having only recently returned from india , lacked intimate knowledge of first-class cricket '' .
dawson returned as captain in 1931 and de lisle did not play again .
de lisle maintained his military activities : he was a member of the leicestershire yeomanry from 1926 until he joined the home guard in warwickshire in 1940 .
later he served as deputy lieutenant for leicestershire and , in 1954 , as high sheriff .
