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'''Louis Arthur Frederick Weigall''' (14 December 1873 – 13 February 1957) was an English first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] Officer. Weigall served in the [[Royal Lincolnshire Regiment]] and the [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] during the [[First World War]], and later played [[first-class cricket]] in [[British Raj|British India]].
'''Louis Arthur Frederick Weigall''' (14 December 1873 – 13 February 1957) was an English first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] Officer. Weigall served in the [[Royal Lincolnshire Regiment]] and the [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] during the [[First World War]], and later played [[first-class cricket]] in [[British Raj|British India]].
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Born in [[Marylebone]], [[Middlesex]], Weigall was son of a Victorian artist, [[Henry Weigall]] (best known for his portrait of [[Benjamin Disraeli]] in 1878–1879), and his wife, [[Lady Rose Weigall|Lady Rose Sophia Mary Fane]], daughter of [[John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland]], and wife [[Priscilla Fane, Countess of Westmorland|Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole]]. Through his mother, he was connected to the Duke of Wellington. A younger brother was Lieutenant Colonel Sir [[Archibald Weigall|William Ernest George Archibald Weigall]], 1st Baronet, KCMG, a Conservative Member of Parliament who was Governor of South Australia. One of his older brothers was the cricketer [[Gerry Weigall]] (born Gerald John Villiers Weigall). Another brother, [[Evelyn Weigall|Evelyn]], was also first-class cricketer.
Born in [[Marylebone]], [[Middlesex]], Weigall was son of a Victorian artist, [[Henry Weigall]] (best known for his portrait of [[Benjamin Disraeli]] in 1878–1879), and his wife, [[Lady Rose Weigall|Lady Rose Sophia Mary Fane]], daughter of [[John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland]], and wife [[Priscilla Fane, Countess of Westmorland|Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole]]. Through his mother, he was connected to the Duke of Wellington. A younger brother was Lieutenant Colonel Sir [[Archibald Weigall|William Ernest George Archibald Weigall]], 1st Baronet, KCMG, a Conservative Member of Parliament who was Governor of South Australia. One of his older brothers was the cricketer [[Gerry Weigall]] (born Gerald John Villiers Weigall). Another brother, [[Evelyn Weigall|Evelyn]], was also first-class cricketer.


Weigall was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]],<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage |publisher=Dean & Son, Limited |year=1902 |first1= |last1= |page=836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cLc7AQAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> before enlisting in the [[Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]] as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries|Second Lieutenant]] in December 1892.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26352|date=9 December 1892|startpage=7219}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in October 1893,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26447|date=6 October 1893|startpage=5622}}</ref> with promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] following in February 1898.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26936|date=8 February 1898|startpage=770}}</ref> He transferred to the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] in that same year.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26957|date=15 April 1898|startpage=2386}}</ref>
Weigall was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]],<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage |publisher=Dean & Son, Limited |year=1902 |first1= |last1= |page=836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cLc7AQAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> before enlisting in the [[Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|Second Lieutenant]] in December 1892.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26352|date=9 December 1892|startpage=7219}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in October 1893,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26447|date=6 October 1893|startpage=5622}}</ref> with promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] following in February 1898.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26936|date=8 February 1898|startpage=770}}</ref> He transferred to the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] in that same year.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26957|date=15 April 1898|startpage=2386}}</ref>


Weigall ran a fishing company in [[Grimsby]] during the first decade of the 1900s, with the company ceasing to trade in 1909.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28244|date=23 April 1909|startpage=3150}}</ref> Being located in Grimsby meant he played [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club|Lincolnshire]] from 1907&ndash;1914, making eight appearances in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14858/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Louis Weigall |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Weigall ran a fishing company in [[Grimsby]] during the first decade of the 1900s, with the company ceasing to trade in 1909.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28244|date=23 April 1909|startpage=3150}}</ref> Being located in Grimsby meant he played [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club|Lincolnshire]] from 1907&ndash;1914, making eight appearances in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14858/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Louis Weigall |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>


==World War I and first-class cricket==
==World War I and first-class cricket==
Weigall served during the [[First World War]] as a captain in the [[Lincolnshire Regiment]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28975|date=13 November 1914|startpage=9369|supp=y}}</ref> though he was seconded to the [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] in January 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30076|date=18 May 1917|startpage=4865|supp=y}}</ref> During his secondment he was promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in December 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30788|date=9 July 1918|startpage=8139|supp=y}}</ref> He served in [[British India]] with the South Staffordshire Regiment, during which he made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in December 1917.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14858/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Louis Weigall |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Weigall served during the [[First World War]] as a captain in the [[Lincolnshire Regiment]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28975|date=13 November 1914|startpage=9369|supp=y}}</ref> though he was seconded to the [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] in January 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30076|date=18 May 1917|startpage=4865|supp=y}}</ref> During his secondment he was promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in December 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30788|date=9 July 1918|startpage=8139|supp=y}}</ref> He served in [[British India]] with the South Staffordshire Regiment, during which he made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in December 1917.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14858/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Louis Weigall |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>


Weigall spent two years in India playing first-class cricket. He played for [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|Lord Willingdon's XI]] in March 1918.<ref name="FCM"/> In the days before [[India national cricket team|India]] had [[Test cricket|Test status]], Weigall played a first-class match in November 1918 for [[Non-international England cricket teams|England]] against India at Bombay,<ref name="FCM"/> playing alongside his brother [[Gerry Weigall|Gerry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9513.html |title=India v England, 1918/19 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The match was a mock Test match celebrating the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|signing of the armistice]] to halt the war. He played seven first-class matches in India, scoring 171 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 13.15, with a high score of 57.<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14858/14858.html |title=Player profile: Louis Weigall |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> As a bowler, he also took 5 wickets.<ref name="PRO"/>
Weigall spent two years in India playing first-class cricket. He played for [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|Lord Willingdon's XI]] in March 1918.<ref name="FCM"/> In the days before [[India national cricket team|India]] had [[Test cricket|Test status]], Weigall played a first-class match in November 1918 for [[Non-international England cricket teams|England]] against India at Bombay,<ref name="FCM"/> playing alongside his brother [[Gerry Weigall|Gerry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9513.html |title=India v England, 1918/19 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The match was a mock Test match celebrating the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|signing of the armistice]] to halt the war. He played seven first-class matches in India, scoring 171 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 13.15, with a high score of 57.<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14858/14858.html |title=Player profile: Louis Weigall |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> As a bowler, he also took 5 wickets.<ref name="PRO"/>

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Louis Weigall
Personal information
Full name
Louis Arthur Frederick Weigall
Born14 December 1873
Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died13 February 1957(1957-02-13) (aged 83)
Folkestone, Kent, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
RelationsGerry Weigall (brother)
Evelyn Weigall (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1907–1914Lincolnshire
1917/18–1919/20Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 171
Batting average 13.15
100s/50s –/1
Top score 57
Balls bowled 221
Wickets 5
Bowling average 31.80
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/41
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 February 2019

Louis Arthur Frederick Weigall (14 December 1873 – 13 February 1957) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army Officer. Weigall served in the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and the South Staffordshire Regiment during the First World War, and later played first-class cricket in British India.

Early life and military career

Born in Marylebone, Middlesex, Weigall was son of a Victorian artist, Henry Weigall (best known for his portrait of Benjamin Disraeli in 1878–1879), and his wife, Lady Rose Sophia Mary Fane, daughter of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, and wife Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole. Through his mother, he was connected to the Duke of Wellington. A younger brother was Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Ernest George Archibald Weigall, 1st Baronet, KCMG, a Conservative Member of Parliament who was Governor of South Australia. One of his older brothers was the cricketer Gerry Weigall (born Gerald John Villiers Weigall). Another brother, Evelyn, was also first-class cricketer.

Weigall was educated at Wellington College,[1] before enlisting in the Rifle Brigade as a Second Lieutenant in December 1892.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in October 1893,[3] with promotion to captain following in February 1898.[4] He transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment in that same year.[5]

Weigall ran a fishing company in Grimsby during the first decade of the 1900s, with the company ceasing to trade in 1909.[6] Being located in Grimsby meant he played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 1907–1914, making eight appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[7]

World War I and first-class cricket

Weigall served during the First World War as a captain in the Lincolnshire Regiment,[8] though he was seconded to the South Staffordshire Regiment in January 1917.[9] During his secondment he was promoted to the rank of major in December 1917.[10] He served in British India with the South Staffordshire Regiment, during which he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans against the Parsees at Bombay in December 1917.[11]

Weigall spent two years in India playing first-class cricket. He played for Lord Willingdon's XI in March 1918.[11] In the days before India had Test status, Weigall played a first-class match in November 1918 for England against India at Bombay,[11] playing alongside his brother Gerry.[12] The match was a mock Test match celebrating the signing of the armistice to halt the war. He played seven first-class matches in India, scoring 171 runs at an average of 13.15, with a high score of 57.[13] As a bowler, he also took 5 wickets.[13]

He died at Folkestone on 13 February 1957.

References

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Dean & Son, Limited. 1902. p. 836.
  2. ^ "No. 26352". The London Gazette. 9 December 1892.
  3. ^ "No. 26447". The London Gazette. 6 October 1893.
  4. ^ "No. 26936". The London Gazette. 8 February 1898.
  5. ^ "No. 26957". The London Gazette. 15 April 1898.
  6. ^ "No. 28244". The London Gazette. 23 April 1909.
  7. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Louis Weigall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  8. ^ "No. 28975". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 November 1914.
  9. ^ "No. 30076". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 May 1917.
  10. ^ "No. 30788". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1918.
  11. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Louis Weigall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  12. ^ "India v England, 1918/19". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Player profile: Louis Weigall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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