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Hubert Melville Martineau (24 October 1891 – 11 September 1976)〔(Cricinfo profile )〕 was an English patron of cricket and organiser of his own team.〔Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1977, (Obituaries in 1976 )〕 He also played three first-class matches between 1931 and 1932. When he played, he was a right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler.〔(CricketArchive profile )〕 ==Biography== Born in Westminster in 1891,〔 the son of Philip Martineau,〔(Philip Martineau ) at CricketArchive〕 Hubert Martineau was educated at Eton, though he did not play for the school's cricket team. He did however develop a great love of the game.〔 Club cricket of a high standard was played at his private ground near Maidenhead between 1923 and 1939, and four national sides touring England began their tours playing against his personal XI; Australia in 1926, New Zealand in 1927, the West Indies in 1928 and India in 1932.〔 Martineau himself played in all those matches with the exception of the 1926 match against Australia.〔(Other matches played by Hubert Martineau ) at CricketArchive〕 In 1927, he went on a tour of Egypt with the Free Foresters, playing two matches against the national side.〔 He took his own team to the country each year between 1929 and 1939,〔 and Martineau played in each match.〔 He played three first-class matches in the early 1930s, for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. He played against Oxford University in 1931 and against Cambridge and Oxford University in 1932.〔(First-class matches played by Hubert Martineau ) at CricketArchive〕 He died in Westminster in 1976.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hubert Martineau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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