Percival Walter Partridge (27 August 1879 — 12 July 1964) was an English first-class

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er and solicitor. Partridge was born in August 1879 at Witney, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Felsted School. Partridge played

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for Norfolk from 1898 to 1901, making 19 appearances in the

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. He went to India in 1903, where he practiced as a solicitor at the family law firm King & Partridge in

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. A member of the Madras Cricket Club, Partridge was instrumental in allowing for the indigenous members of the Madras Union Club to have lunch in the

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of the Madras Cricket Club Ground during a game between the two teams, with the usual custom being for indigenous players to have their lunch under trees outside the pavilion. Partridge played first-class cricket in Madras on three occasions for the

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, all against the

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in the Madras Presidency Matches between 1917 and 1920. He scored 85 runs in his three matches, at an average of 14.16, with a highest score of 42. He additional stood as an umpire in one Madras Presidency Match in 1927. Retiring to England, Partridge died at Esher in July 1964.

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