Maurice Purcell-FitzGerald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Purcell-FitzGerald

cricketer

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1835

Place of Birth: Torquay, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1877

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Maurice Noel Ryder Purcell-FitzGerald (22 December 1835 – 17 December 1877) was an English cricketer.
Purcell-FitzGerald was a right-handed batsman.
The son of John Purcell-FitzGerald and Augusta Jane Lisle March Phillipps, he was born at Torquay, Devon.Purcell-FitzGerald made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Hampshire at Day's Antelope Ground, Southampton, in 1864.
In this match, he scored 8 runs in Sussex's first-innings, before being run out, while in their second-innings, he wasn't required to bat, with Sussex winning the match by 10 wickets.
Two years later, he made a second first-class appearance, this time for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire at Lord's.
Purcell-FitzGerald was dismissed for a duck by Sampson Tubb in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings.
He wasn't required to bat again in the match, with the Marylebone Cricket Club winning by an innings and 58 runs.Purcell-FitzGerald married Anne Laurie on 25 January 1860.
They had six children, three girls and three boys.
He was for many years a resident at The Crouch House in Seaford, Sussex, but died at Boulge Hall, Boulge, Suffolk, on 17 December 1877.
His uncle was the poet Edward FitzGerald.