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| Full name | Montagu Henry Toller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1871 Barnstaple, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 August 1948 (aged 77) Meon Beach, Titchfield, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1897 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Montagu Henry Toller (1 January 1871 – 5 August 1948) was an English cricket player. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler.[1]
Life
Toller was born in Barnstaple, Devon. He was in the cricket XI and the rugby XV at Blundell's School. He was a solicitor by profession. He died in Titchfield, Hampshire, aged 77.
County career
Toller played six first-class matches for Somerset in 1897. His highest first-class score was 17 against Surrey. He only bowled once in first-class cricket, taking one wicket for 15 runs against Philadelphia. He also played for Devon.
Olympics
Toller was a member of the gold medal winning Great Britain cricket team at the 1900 Summer Olympics,[2] the only time cricket has featured in the Olympics. In the only game against France he scored 2 runs in the Great Britain first innings and did not bat in the second. He took seven wickets for just nine runs in the French second innings.
References
- ^ "Montagu Toller". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
External links
- Buchanan, Ian British Olympians. Guinness Publishing (1991) ISBN 0-85112-952-8
- Olympic final scorecard
- Cricket Archive profile