Medhurst Troughton, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Medhurst Troughton

British cricketer

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1839

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1912

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Medhurst Albert Troughton (25 December 1839 – 1 January 1912) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent and for amateur teams between 1862 and 1873.
He was born in Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent and died at Kensington, London.
He was a cousin of Lionel Troughton, who captained Kent before and after the First World War. Troughton was a right-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional right-arm under-arm slow bowler.
He played in a couple of matches for the amateur "Gentlemen of Kent" side from 1862, but from 1864 to 1870 played in most of the first-class matches for the main Kent team.
His best year as a batsman was 1865, when he scored 289 runs at an average of 24.08; the runs included his highest score, an innings of 87 in the match against Yorkshire.
He returned to the Kent side for a single match against an eleven raised by W.
G.
Grace in 1873.A brief obituary in The Times in 1912 credited him with the promotion of cricket in the Gravesend area and the secretaryship of "the Mid-Kent club".