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THE STOCK, ACTION AND FORE-END ONLY OF A J.D. DOUGALL 12-BORE EARLY VARIANT 1860 PATENT 'LOCKFAST' SLIDE-AND-TILT SIDELEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 2910, originally No.2 of a pair, Dougall 'lockfast' patent action, patent no. 1128 of 7th May 1860, rearward facing push-down sidelever, slim fences, action face with protruding bosses, the top-strap engraved with the Prince of Wales's feathers non-rebounding locks with dolphin hammers, border and acanthus scroll engraving, the underside engraved 'DOUGALL'S PATENT LOCK FAST', in its makers brass-cornered oak and leather case with purple velvet-lined interior, the lid interior with gold-inlaid makers details, and with charge label for gun no. 2909, the lid exterior marked 'SIR FREDERICK BATHURST. CLARENDON PARK. SALISBURY.' (leather distressed)
Provenance: Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Baronet (1807 - 1881) was a famous English cricketer.
He made his first class cricket debut for the B's against an early England side. He then went on to play for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 28 first class matches (from 1832 to 1855) where he scored 306 runs and took 63 wickets. In 1842, with the help of two other gentlemen, he helped finance the development of the Antelope Ground (first home of both Hampshire County Cricket Club, who played there prior to 1884, and of Southampton Football Club, who played there from 1887 to 1896). Between 1842 and 1861 he played for Hampshire (pre County) in 12 matches, scoring 203 runs and taking 72 wickets.
As well as representing the above major sides, he also represented the Gentlemen in 20 Gentlemen v Players fixtures, where he took 73 wickets. He also represented the Gentlemen of England in 12 first-class matches, where he took 88 wickets, with a best return of 6 wickets in an innings. Hervey-Bathurst also represented A to K, England, the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club, the Gentlemen of the South, the South of England and the West of England.
In his overall first-class career he played 92 matches, scoring 817 runs at an average of 9.92, with a high score of 46. With the ball he took 349 wickets at an average of 13.02, with 32 five wicket hauls, 8 ten wicket hauls in a match and a best return of 7 wickets in an innings, although his exact figures are unknown.
Hervey-Bathurst was the start of a cricketing family. He was the father of Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 4th Baronet who represented both the MCC and the pre-county club Hampshire team as well as Hampshire County Cricket Club. His other son, Lionel Hervey-Bathurst represented Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1875. His great-grandson Hervey Tudway played one first-class match for Somerset in 1910 and would go onto fight in the First World War where he was to be killed in action in 1914.
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