Stanley Mease "Sam" Toyne (13 June 1881 – 22 February 1962) was an English

English people

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 cricketer

Cricketer

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 and headmaster.

A right-handed batsman and an underarm

Underarm bowling

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 slow bowler

Spin bowling

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, although which arm he bowled with is unknown, Toyne represented Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 in a single first-class

First-class cricket

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 match in 1905, against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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. 23 years later, Toyne represented the Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 in a single first-class match against Ireland, which was also Toyne's last first-class match.

He was headmaster of St Peter's School, York

St Peter's School, York

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 from 1913 to 1936, where he coached future England captain Norman Yardley

Norman Yardley

Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England, as a right-handed batsman and occasional bowler. An amateur, he captained Yorkshire from 1948 to 1955 and England on fourteen occasions between 1947 and 1950,...

. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Royal Historical Society

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 and published a number of books on history.

Publications

• Albrecht von Wallenstein. A monograph: to which is appended an analysis of the Thirty Years War, 1911
• Mediæval England. A framework of English history, 1066-1485, 1913
• The Angevins and the Charter (1154-1216) the beginning of English law, the invasion of Ireland and the crusades, (Bell's English history source books), 1926
• St. Peter's School and Alcuin (York Minster historical tracts), 1927
• The Race. A play of Marathon, etc, 1934
• The Scandinavians in History, 1948
• History Today - Guy Fawkes and the Powder Plot, Toyne S.M., No.1, 1951
• Sark, a feudal survivor, 1959
• Hertfordshire Historical Association, 1961

Family

Toyne's nephew, Herbert Hake

Herbert Hake

Herbert Denys Hake OBE was an English cricketer. Blake was a right-handed batsman who played as an occasional wicketkeeper....

 OBE

Order of the British Empire

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 represented Hampshire and Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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 in first-class cricket.

External links

• Stanley Toyne at Cricinfo
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• Stanley Toyne at CricketArchive
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