George Nigel Capel-Cure was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. He was a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...

 during the 1929 season. He was born in Kensington

Kensington

Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...

 and died in Harlow

Harlow

Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...

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Capel-Cure played just one game for the team, in the 1929 season, as part of a tour of the country by Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...

. Capel-Cure was trapped leg-before wicket in his first innings for a duck, and scored just six runs in the second innings of a drawn match.

Capel-Cure's brother-in-law was Gerald Barry

Gerald Barry (Army officer and cricketer)

Gerald Barry, born 18 December 1896 in London and died 21 February 1977 at Great Witchingham, Norfolk, was a career officer in the British Army who played in one first-class cricket match for the Combined Services against Essex....

, who played one first-class match for the Combined Services in 1922.

Capel-Cure was a landowner in Shropshire and Essex. He was High Sheriff of Essex

High Sheriff of Essex

The High Sheriff of Essex was an ancient High Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years...

 in 1951-52 and deputy lord-lieutenant of the county from 1958 to 1978. He lived at Blake Hall

Blake Hall

Blake Hall is a country house and gardens near Chipping Ongar in Essex.The house is based around an original fabric dating from the 17th century or older, but was largely rebuilt in the 18th century and later remodelled by George Basevi in 1822. It was home of the Capel Cure family for over 200...

, near Ongar

Ongar

Ongar can refer toin England*High Ongar, Essex*Chipping Ongar, Essex **Ongar , an ancient administrative unit**Ongar railway stationin Ireland*Ongar, Dublinin Pakistan...

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External links

• Nigel Capel-Cure at Cricket Archive