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{{Short description|English cricketer and engineer (1879 – 1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Cyril Stileman
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Cyril George Stileman
| birth_date = 9 September 1879
| birth_place = [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Lancashire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|12|4|1879|9|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Westminster]], [[London]], England
| nickname =
| family = [[Frederic Stileman]] (brother)
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1910/11–1921/22
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 13
| bat avg1 = 6.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 8
| deliveries1 = 192
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 28.35
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/113
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 30 December
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/cyril-stileman-34457 Cricinfo
}}

'''Cyril George Stileman''' (9 September 1879 – 4 December 1943) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and civil engineer.

The son of the civil engineer Francis Stileman, he was born at [[Barrow-in-Furness]] in September 1879. He was educated at The Abbey School in [[Beckenham]] and [[Burney's Academy]] in [[Gosport]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who|date=1928|publisher=[[The Times Group|Bennett, Coleman & Company]]|location=[[Mumbai]]|page=895|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-acSAAAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> He was a pupil with his father from 1899 to 1903, assisting him with the construction of railways and docks with the [[Furness Railway]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He went to [[British India]] in 1903, where he was an assistant engineer with the [[Mumbai Port Trust|Bombay Port Trust]] until 1910. From 1910 to 1918, he was the Port Trust's executive engineer, later becoming its deputy chief engineer for construction.<ref name="BOOK"/> Stileman was later employed by [[Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners]], where was head of their [[Mumbai|Bombay]] office by 1926.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19260601/076/0003|title=Colorado & Coronach|work=[[Daily Chronicle|London Daily Chronicle]]|page=3|date=1 June 1926|access-date=30 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>

Whilst in India, Stileman made one appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]] in the 1905–06 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14645/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Cyril Stileman|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing in the side as a [[bowling (cricket)|bowler]], he took figures of 4 for 113 in the Parsees first innings. Batting twice, he was dismissed in the Europeans first innings for 5 runs by [[K. B. Mistry]], while [[follow-on|following-on]] in their second innings, he was dismissed for 8 runs by the same bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6907.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1905/06|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Prior to his move to India, Stileman played [[club cricket]] for Barrow Cricket Club,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19020809/070/0003|title=Barrow v Ulverston|work=[[Lancashire Evening Post]]|location=[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]|page=3|date=9 August 1902|access-date=30 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> in addition to playing [[field hockey]] for Lancashire.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19030221/114/0004|title=Hockey|work=Lancashire Evening Post|location=Preston|page=4|date=21 February 1903|access-date=30 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Stileman later retired to England, where he died at [[Westminster]] in December 1943. His brother, [[Frederic Stileman|Frederic]], was also a first-class cricketer for the Europeans. The cricketer and sailor [[Charles Evan-Thomas]] was his brother-in-law.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=34457}}

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[[Category:1879 births]]
[[Category:1943 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Barrow-in-Furness]]
[[Category:English civil engineers]]
[[Category:English men's field hockey players]]
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[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]

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