Cyril Hollinshead

Cyril Hollinshead

Personal information
Full name	Cyril Hollinshead
Born	26 May 1902 Timberland, Lincolnshire, England
Died	25 November 1995 (aged 93) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1931	Lincolnshire
1946	Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 1 Runs scored – Batting average – 100s/50s –/– Top score – Balls bowled 30 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 September 2010

Cyril Hollinshead (26 May 1902 – 25 November 1995) was an English cricketer. Hollinshead was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at Timberland, Lincolnshire.

In 1931, Hollinshead played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Lincolnshire against Bedfordshire.^[1] Fifteen years later, following the Second World War, he played a single first-class match for Gloucestershire against Cambridge University at the Wagon Works Ground in Gloucester.^[2] In his only first-class match he wasn't required to bat and bowled 5 wicketless overs. In 1947, he represented the Gloucestershire Second XI in a Minor Counties Championship match against the Surrey Second XI at The Oval.^[3]

Hollinshead died at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on 25 November 1995.

References

1. Lincolnshire v Bedfordshire, 1931 Minor Counties Championship
2. First-Class Matches played by Cyril Hollinshead
3. Surrey Second XI v Gloucestershire Second XI, 1947 Minor Counties Championship

External links

• Cyril Hollinshead at Cricinfo
• Cyril Hollinshead at CricketArchive