Ernest Remnant

Who was Ernest Remnant?

Ernest Richard Remnant was an English cricketer. Remnant was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.

Remnant made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1908 against Surrey. Remnant represented Hampshire in 121 first-class matches from 1908 to 1914, then after the First World War from 1919 to 1921, with his final match for Hampshire coming against Kent at the County Ground, Southampton. In his 121 matches for Hampshire he scored 2,843 runs at a batting average of 17.33, with ten half centuries and a single century score high score of 115* against Kent in 1911. With the ball Remnant took 170 wickets at a bowling average of 27.35, with seven five wicket hauls and best figures of 8/61 against Essex in 1921. In the field he took 59 catches for Hampshire.

In the 1915/16 Indian cricket season Remnant played a single first-class match for England against India. This match was not a Test match as India did not yet have Test status, but it was classed as first-class. In the same season Remnant played two first-class matches for the Europeans against the Hindus and the Parsees in the final of the Bombay Quadrangular, which was drawn.