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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Percival Walter Partridge
| nickname =
| birth_date = 27 August 1879
| birth_place = [[Witney]], [[Oxfordshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|7|12|1879|8|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Esher]], [[Surrey]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Norfolk County Cricket Club|Norfolk]]
| year1 = 1898–1901
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year2 = 1916/17–1920/21
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 85
| bat avg1 = 14.16
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 42
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 19 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/percival-partridge-32452 Cricinfo
}}

'''Percival Walter Partridge''' (27 August 1879 — 12 July 1964) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and solicitor.

Partridge was born in August 1879 at [[Witney|Witney, Oxfordshire]]. He was educated at [[Felsted School]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |editor-last1=Howard |editor-first1=Joseph Jackson |editor-last2=Crisp |editor-first2=Frederick Arthur |title=Visitation of England and Wales |date=1899 |publisher=Priv. printed |location=London |page=164|volume=7 |url=https://archive.org/details/visitationofengl07howa/page/164/mode/1up}}</ref> Partridge played [[National Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Norfolk County Cricket Club|Norfolk]] from 1898 to 1901, making 19 appearances in the [[National Counties Cricket Championship|Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14269/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Percival Partridge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He went to India in 1903, where he practiced as a solicitor at the family law firm King & Partridge in [[Chennai|Madras]]. A member of the [[Madras Cricket Club]], Partridge was instrumental in allowing for the indigenous members of the Madras Union Club to have lunch in the [[cricket pavilion]] of the [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras Cricket Club Ground]] during a game between the two teams, with the usual custom being for indigenous players to have their lunch under trees outside the pavilion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/moments-in-history/sir-robert-daniel-richmond-the-jamaica-born-scottish-who-played-first-madras-presidency-match-741834|title=Sir Robert Daniel Richmond: The Jamaica-born Scottish who played first Madras Presidency Match|first=Pradip|last=Dhole|publisher=www.cricketcountry.com|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref> Partridge played [[first-class cricket]] in Madras on three occasions for the [[Europeans cricket team]], all against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] in the [[Madras Presidency Match]]es between 1917 and 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14269/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Percival Partridge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 85 runs in his three matches, at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 14.16, with a highest score of 42.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14269/f_Batting_by_Opponent.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Percival Partridge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He additional stood as an [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] in one Madras Presidency Match in 1927.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14269/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html|title=Percival Partridge as Umpire in First-Class Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Retiring to England, Partridge died at [[Esher]] in July 1964.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=32425}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Partridge, Percival}}
[[Category:1879 births]]
[[Category:1964 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Witney]]
[[Category:People educated at Felsted School]]
[[Category:English solicitors]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Norfolk cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:English cricket umpires]]

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