Temple Sandford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetTemple Sandford
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 16-May-1877
Place of Birth: Landkey, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Dec-1942
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Temple Sandford
- Temple Charles Gabriel Sandford (16 May 1877 – 27 December 1942) was an English cricketer.
- Sandford was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper.
- He was born in Landkey, Devon and was the son of Ernest Sandford who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and the Gentlemen. Sandford was named after Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter at the time of Sandford's birth and later Archbishop of Canterbury.
- He was generally known as "Sandy".
- He was educated at Marlborough College and at Keble College, Oxford where in addition to playing cricket he won a Blue for field hockey in two seasons.In 1900, he played two first-class matches for Oxford University against Worcestershire and Surrey.
- In his two first-class matches he scored 19 runs at a batting average of 6.33, with a high score of 11.
- In the field he took a single catch.
- In 1901, he played in Devon's inaugural Minor Counties Championship season, making his debut against Wiltshire.
- Sandford captained Devon on occasions and represented the county from 1901 to 1904.
- In 1908, he joined Wiltshire, making his debut for the county against the Surrey Second XI.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Wiltshire from 1908 to 1931, playing his final match against Berkshire.
- Though he kept wicket early in his career, later on he became a slow bowler; he was described as a "punishing" batsman.Sandford became a schoolmaster at Marlborough College where he had been educated himself and was a housemaster there for 30 years, and in charge of rugby, hockey and cricket.
- He retired from teaching in 1937 but resumed again at the start of the Second World War and was still a schoolmaster when he died in Marlborough, Wiltshire on 27 December 1942.
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