Alfred Lubbock was an English insurance underwriter and banker.
17 Facts About Alfred Lubbock
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Alfred Lubbock is best known as an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for a variety of sides including Kent County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1863 and 1875.
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Alfred Lubbock was considered to be one of the best batsman of his era, comparable to WG Grace, and played association football, playing for Old Etonians in the 1875 FA Cup Final.
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One of 15 children of Sir John and his wife Lady Harriet Alfred Lubbock, he was educated at Eton College.
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Alfred Lubbock was a fine sportsman, playing lawn tennis and excelling at the Eton wall game as well as playing cricket, captaining the school team in 1863.
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Alfred Lubbock made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club during Canterbury Cricket Week in 1863, playing against an England side.
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Alfred Lubbock played a total of 28 first-class matches for a variety of teams, including Gentlemen of Kent and MCC, until "practically giving up" first-class cricket before the age of 28 in 1871.
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Alfred Lubbock played eight times in Gentlemen v Players matches and scored two centuries, one for the Gentlemen and one, his highest score of 129, for an England XI in 1867.
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Pardon was of the opinion that if Test cricket had existed at the time Alfred Lubbock played that "he would have had every right to play for England" in his best seasons.
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Alfred Lubbock appeared in only one county cricket match, his final first-class game at Catford in 1875 and ost of his cricket at this level was played during Canterbury Week or for the Gentlemen in more social environments.
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In club cricket Alfred Lubbock played for a wide variety of sides, including Eton Ramblers, of which he was a founder with seven others in 1862, the Gentlemen of West Kent, Band of Brothers and I Zingari.
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Alfred Lubbock scored "hundreds of runs", including a score of 200 against Royal Engineers in 1866 but chose to play relatively little first-class cricket.
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Alfred Lubbock played football and appeared for Old Etonians in the replay of the 1875 FA Cup Final against the Royal Engineers, one of the dominant teams of the day.
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Alfred Lubbock was a keen athlete and participated in various events, including the early days of the pole vault.
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Alfred Lubbock finished third in the pole vault event at the 1868 AAC Championships.
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Alfred Lubbock is the author of Memories of Eton and Etonians.
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Alfred Lubbock died at Killmarth Manor at Par, Cornwall in 1916 aged 70.