World War 1 Mellish – Myles | Guernsey Cricket Stats

Capt Henry Tupper Mellish (3055) was born in Plymouth in 1891, attended the College from 1903 to 1908 and playing in the 1st XI from 1906-08 and also 1^st XI soccer 1906-08.

1905

EC 2^nd 60 1* & 81-7 Grange 2^nd 177

EC 2^nd 149-5 Athletics 2^nd 117

1906

EC 152 1 V O Beuttler XI 127

EC 103 6 Grange 194

EC 2^nd 193 19 Athletics 144-6

EC 101 1 Athletics 124

EC 83 0 HMS Isis 84-3

EC 110 0* HMS Isis 130

EC 101 2 Grange 141

EC 77 0 Rangers 89

EC 142 2* R G Artillery 117

1907

EC 82 13 Athletics 78

EC 119 13 Grange 135

EC 93-7 6* J A Laine XI 125

EC 115 1 Vic Coll 101

EC 46 0 Grange 152

EC 65 6 Manchester Regt 131

EC 155 11 Athletics 91

EC 174-8 0 R Artillery (Jsy) 45

EC 116 9* R G Artillery 69

EC 55 10 United CC (Jsy) 104

EC 142 1 Grange 171

EC 151 2 Rangers 153

EC 159 37* & 85-2 7* Vic Coll 78 & 157-7

EC 2^nd 42 0 Athletics 2^nd 118 1-0-10-0

EC 2^nd 67 19 & 51 11 Grange 2^nd 70 & 57-5

EC 2^nd 139 29 Grange 2^nd 117

He was awarded his colours

1908

EC 2^nd 100 1 Grange 2^nd 48

EC 211-5 4 HMS Cumberland 134

EC 95 0 Grange 207

EC 286-6d 0 13^th Co RGA 26

EC 145-6 1 Athletics 180

EC 165 9 Grange 156

EC 112 20 & 48-1 Vic Coll 55 & 102

EC 237-2d 2^nd Bn Middlesex 110 2-0-9-0

EC 147-5d 30 Rangers 37

EC 164-5 0 Athletics 257-4 1-0-16-0

EC 188 7 R Artillery (Jsy) 134

EC 120 1 Manchester Regt 221 5.5-0-27-3

EC 83 2 Grange 150

EC 142-6 14* F W Mourant XI 209-6d 6-1-26-3

EC 127 34 & 104-6 Vic Coll 72 & 29-4 3.3-0-12-2

He went to Sandhurst in 1910 and joined the Royal Army Service Corps as Lieutenant in 1911. He was made temporary Captain in 1914. He served in France from 1914 – 17, wounded and invalided home in 1917. On 4 October he died of wounds at 17 Craiglea Place Morningside Rd., Edinburgh, aged 26. He is buried in Edinburgh (Morningside) Cemetery.

H T Mellish death plaque medal

Capt Francis George Ross Mockler (2951), born 1800 was a promising artist, attended Elizabeth College from 1900 to 1908 and captained the cricket team in his last year. He was born in Norwood and the younger son of Major General and Mrs E Mockler of the Grange, St Peter Port. He was considered to be one of the best all round athletes of Elizabeth College. He was captain of cricket but also played soccer in which he played 3 Muratti matches winning two and scoring 2 goals. He set a new batting record of an average of 43.6 until surpassed by JV Blad.

He went on to train at Sandhurst, played cricket for Aldershot Garrison, and he joined the 2^nd Bn Royal Irish Regiment Machine Gun Corps. He was reported missing on 2nd July 1916 from the Royal Irish Fuselliers while bombing the German 3rd line trenches and was believed to have been killed at the Somme on 1st July. He was mentioned in despatches and on 17th May was awarded the Military Cross by King George at Buckingham Palace. He has a memorial at Thiepval Memorial near the Somme and another at Le Foulon.

1905

EC 41 0 & 102-6 H F Morres 74

EC 97-9 4 Athletics 164

EC 170-2 Rangers 150

EC 90-7 14* Manchester Regt 172-8

EC 79 7 & 45 20* Vic Coll 106 & 190 3-1-10-0

EC 60 0 Manchester Regt 200-9

EC 84 11 Grange 249-8 4-0-19-0

EC 121 24 Athletics 82 1.3-0-16-1

EC 170-5 0 Rangers 132

EC 180-6 5* Castel 128

EC 126 23 Athletics 176 3-0-8-0

EC 322-5 Vic Coll 83 0 for 13

EC 2^nd 122 37 Grange 2^nd 112 6-1-13-1

EC 2^nd 149-5 8 Athletics 2^nd 117 7-0-30-5

Colours awarded

1906

EC 152 18 V Beuttler XI 127 1-0-13-0

EC 70 2 Rangers 132

EC 103 44 Grange 194 4-0-27-0

EC 101 33* Athletics 124 3-0-16-0

EC 83 2 HMS Isis 84-3 2-0-12-0

EC 110 7 HMS Isis 130

EC 105 21 Manchester Regt 71

EC 146 6 Vic Coll 124 & 95-8 1-0-5-0

EC 104-7 4 Grange 187-8

EC 86 3 Athletics 185 3-1-7-3

EC 77 9 Rangers 89 2-0-7-0

EC 170 47 Grange 124 2-0-10-1

EC 231-6 86 Athletics 83 2-2-0-1

EC 119 28 Manchester Regt 123

EC 142 42 R G Artillery 117 3.2-1-10-2

EC 136-6 40 Athletics 186-8 9-2-18-0

EC 176 8 Vic Coll 48 4-2-5-0 & 68

1907

EC 82 0 Athletics 78 11-2-29-6

EC 119 1 Grange 135 14-1-44-4

EC 93-7 2 J A Laine 125 16.4-1-42-7

EC 115 68* & 67-2 Vic Coll 101 14-3-29-2

EC 46 10 Grange 152 13-2-41-2

EC 65 0 Manchester Regt 131 10.1-0-40-6

EC 155 17 Athletics 91 8-0-44-1

EC 174-8 19 R G Artillery (Jsy) 45 12-5-15-5

EC 116 58 R G Artillery 69 9.2-1-23-4

EC 142 79* Grange 171 10-0-45-1

EC 151 29 Rangers 153 15-1-51-5

EC 159 18 & 85-2 50* Vic Coll 78 11.5-4-25-2

& 157-7 11.5-1-57-2

1908

EC 211-5 130* HMS Cumberland 134 11.3-2-35-5

EC 95 30 Grange 207 11-2-67-1

EC 286-6 64 13^th Coy RGA 26 4.2-1-6-6

EC 145-6 4 Athletics 180 19-4-56-6

EC 165 13 Grange 156 18-2-67-8

EC 112 56 & 48-1 Vic Coll 55 8.3-3-21-7

& 102 15-3-39-3

EC 237-2 100 2^nd Bn Middlesex 110 9.4-1-35-6

EC 147-5 Rangers 37 7.4-1-22-4

EC 164-5 37 Athletics 257-4 18-4-70-3

EC 90-8 8 & 66-4 Athletics 2^nd 43 & 56

EC 188 32 RGA(Jsy) 134 8-0-42-1

EC 120 29 Manchester Regt 221 19-0-70-3

EC 83 6 Grange 150 14-1-74-4

EC 142-6 25 F W Mourant XI 209-6d 14-2-65-1

EC 127 4 Vic Coll 72 17-4-33-9

& 104-6 32* & 29-4

He had a brother, Major Edward Claude Mockler, who also captained the College team in 1907. He was in the Kings Own Ghurka Rifles (Malaun Regiment) and survived the war. He was the Elizabeth College Sports Champion in the three years 1905 to 1907

Capt F G R Mockler Weekly Press

Capt F G R Mockler gravestone

Eric John Mortis (3279) was born in 1898 in Oswestry. He joined Elizabeth College in 1912 and left in 1916 playing 1st XI Cricket in 1914, 1915, Captain 1916, 1st XI Football 1914, 1st XI Hockey 1915 – 16. He took part in the 1915 Concert to raise funds for footballs for the troops. He shot for House in the McCrea Competition in June 5th 1916.

1913

EC 2^nd 139 0 Victoria AC 155-8

EC 55 2 Grange 82

EC 120 6 F W Mourant XI 89

EC 129 3 F W Mourant XI 107

EC 127 1 Grange 67

EC 112-5d 0 Rangers 58 & 81

Awarded 2^nd XI colours

1914

EC 73 13 Grange 173

EC 234-4 F W Mourant XI 97

EC 150-5 Grange 102-3

EC 267-3 Vic Coll 155 & 88-3

EC 157 27 R G Artillery 47

EC 62 5 Green Howards 167

EC 164-2 HMS Superb 66 0 for 17 & 46-2

EC 142-3 F W Mourant XI 199-7

EC 138 3 Garrison 187-8

EC 342-8 30 Vic Coll 127

EC 128 1 Grange 94

EC 222-3d 4* Athletics 131

1915

No records of EC matches, however there are snippets of information:

Against Victoria College he took 3 for 45 in their win. The following week he scored 65 against the Athletics and a month later having got the taste for success he scored 100 again versus the Athletics. He was awarded his colours.

1916

EC 204 34 2^nd Bn RGLI 54 8 for 32

EC 191 37 E B Waite XI 111 6 for 66

EC 185-7 3 4^th Staffordshires 132 5 for 49

EC 149 0 Vic Coll 210 4 for 86 & 87-1

EC 91-2 A Maunder XI 200 5 for 45

EC 108 17 Athletics 86 3 for 20

EC 121-3 RGLI 74 2 for 23 & 96-9 2 for 5

EC 121 31 Vic Coll 203 4 for 68

EC 98 1 N Staffordshires 92 1 for 16

In July he took 8 for 68 against Castel Cornet CC, and in his last match he took 6 for 60 against A Maunder’s XI.

He was described as a good slow bowler, with much command over the ball. As captain he made the best of the material at his disposal but often failed to win the toss. A moderate right-handed bat but excellent field.

On active service he was 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry “C” Coy 1st Battalion, commissioned aged 18 in 1916. He went to the front line in 1917 and died on 11 April 1918, killed in action at Le Doulieu, while leading his platoon, aged 19 and buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery in North France.

Capt Andrew Vere Myles (3090, played 2^nd XI in 1908) was invalided home in 1914.

EC 2^nd 189 0 Athletics 2^nd XI 83 7-1-25-1

EC 2^nd 100 3 Grange 2^nd XI 48 3.1-0-10-3

His brother Capt Philip Henry Myles (3089), was born in Muree, India. He was educated at Ripley Court, at Bedford Grammar and at College from 1904 to 1906, becoming the shot putt champion. While at the latter he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s medal for saving the life of a drowning man in a gale in August 1904 at Havelet Bay.

1905

EC 41 0 & 102-6 7 H F Morres XI 74 3-0-14-2

EC 90-7 28* Manchester Regt 172-8

EC 79 0 & 45 1 Vic Coll 106 & 190 1-0-2-0

EC 60 16 Manchester Regt 200-9

EC 84 0 Grange 249 2-0-10-2

EC 121 51 Athletics 82

EC 170-5d 2 Rangers 132-5

EC 180-6 26 Castel 128

EC 126 19 Athletics 176

EC 322-5 0 Vic Coll 83

EC 2^nd 122 11 Grange 2^nd 112 2-0-8-0

EC 2^nd 34 9 & 72 10 Athletics 2^nd 59 & 72-3 3-0-7-1

He was awarded his colours

1906

EC 152 2 V Beuttler XI 127

EC 70 9 Rangers 132 12.4-0-52-5

EC 103 15 Grange 194 7.5-1-46-3

EC 101 23 Athletics 124 6-0-24-1

EC 83 19 HMS Isis 84-3 3-1-6-0

EC 110 14 HMS Isis 130 11-1-50-3

EC 105 5 Manchester Regt 71 10-1-44-3

EC 146 63 Vic Coll 124 8-2-22-2 & 95-8 5-1-18-1

EC 104-7 5 Grange 187-8 9-0-51-0

EC 86 5 Athletics 185 9-1-63-3

EC 77 0 Rangers 89 14.4-2-38-8

EC 170 13 Grange 124 7-0-32-0

EC 231-6 19 Athletics 83 9-1-41-3

EC 119 3 Manchester Regt 123 9-0-40-2

EC 142 3 R Gsy Artillery 117 4-0-16-0

EC 136-6 13 Athletics 186-8 5-1-28-0

EC 176 26 Vic Coll 48 6-1-17-1

& 68 10-3-24-2

He joined the 41^st Dogras and was killed at Mesopotamia (Iraq) at the Battle of Sheikh Saad in January 1916 and his memorial is at Amara War Cemetery

He entered Sandhurst January 1907 and in September 1908 was gazetted as 2nd Lieut., Indian Army; in October 1909 joined 41st Dogras. On the outbreak of the war, was Quarter-Master of the Regiment, and served in that capacity on active service. He left India October 1914, and was on the Western Front till August 1915. With his regiment he left France for Egypt, whence they were ordered to Mesopotamia. Was killed in action at Orah on January 13th 1916, with the Kut Relief Force’

Another brother, the youngest of the three, Maurice Trevor Myles also attended Elizabeth College and was wounded on 17th April 1915 and died three days later and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery. They were the sons of Major E H Myles and Alice Caroline Myles of Folkestone.