Eliot Bromley-Martin

Who was Eliot Bromley-Martin?

Eliot George Bromley-Martin was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler who played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club in the late 19th century. He was born in Callow End, Worcester, and was educated at Eton and Oxford. He played in a trial match for Oxford University but did not appear in any first-class games for the team.

In the 1890s, Bromley-Martin was Honorary Secretary of Worcestershire as well as playing for the club in the Minor Counties Championship, a title Worcestershire won every year between 1895 and 1898. In 1899 the county was granted first-class status, and Bromley-Martin played nine times for them that year, his best bowling figures being the 4-33 he took against Yorkshire in Worcestershire's very first County Championship game.

Bromley-Martin played three games in 1900, one for MCC, but made no further first-class appearances thereafter. His brother Granville also played for Worcestershire, whilst his nephew Douglas Holland-Martin made two first-class appearances for the Royal Navy in 1928.

Bromley-Martin died in Walton, Radnorshire, Wales at the age of 79.