Felix Calvert Ladbroke (1771 - 14 March 1840) was an English banker and amateur cricketer.

Biography

He was born in Idlicote, near Shipton-on-Stour,

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, the second son of Robert Ladbroke, banker and Member of Parliament for

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. His father later sold Idlicote and purchased estates in Surrey. Felix inherited 10,000 pounds on his father's death in 1814 and land, mainly in Surrey, from his cousin James Weller Ladbroke, Following his father, he was a partner in the banking firm of Ladbroke, Kingscote and Co. and also had insurance and brewing interests. In 1829 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.

Cricketing career

As a cricketer he was mainly associated with

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(MCC). Arthur Haygarth, ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862 As an English amateur

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er he made 29 known appearances in

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matches from 1804 to 1826. In 1815, Ladbroke scored one of the earliest known first-class centuries at the new

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in the

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match on 24 & 25 August when he and Frederick Woodbridge made 116 and 107 respectively for Epsom.CricketArchive – match scorecard
Retrieved on 18 October 2009.

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1771 births 1840 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Hampshire cricketers Surrey cricketers Norfolk cricketers Sussex cricketers High sheriffs of Surrey Epsom cricketers Old Etonians cricketers People from Stratford-on-Avon District Cricketers from Warwickshire William Ward's XI cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1770s-stub