Cecil Headlam (19 September 1872 – 12 August 1934) was an English

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er active 1895–1908 who played for

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and

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. He was born in

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; died in

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, then won a

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at Magdalen College, Oxford. He travelled extensively and wrote travel books and histories, and edited anthologies including a collection of the poems of his brother Walter. His recreations included cricket, fishing, golf, climbing, and gardening.

Works

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References

Primary Sources

* Headlam, Walter & Cecil, '' Walter Headlam''
''His Letters and Poems''
London: Duckworth, 1908

External links

* 1872 births 1934 deaths 20th-century English writers English cricketers Middlesex cricketers Oxford University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Oxfordshire cricketers People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford C. I. Thornton's XI cricketers Oxford University Authentics cricketers Cricketers from Paddington People from Charing {{England-cricket-bio-1870s-stub