Anthony Martin Tew (24 August 1908 – 23 June 1987) was an English first-class cricketer and police officer.

The son of E. W. Tew and his wife, Hon. Catherine Isabel Hawke (sister of Lord Hawke),[1][2] he was born in August 1908 at Wigginton, Yorkshire. He was educated at Winchester College,[3] before going up to Magdalen College, Oxford.[4] While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1928, against Kent and the touring West Indians at Oxford.[5] He scored 5 runs in his two matches,[6] in addition to taking 3 wickets.[7]

After graduating from Oxford, he became a police officer. He served with Lincolnshire Constabulary, rising to the rank of inspector by 1946.[8] He was appointed as chief constable of Shropshire Constabulary on 5 February 1946, however he resigned from the post just one day later for personal reasons and was succeeded by Douglas Osmond.[9]

Personal life

He married Suffolk artist Beryl Alice Matchwick in 1948.[10] He continued to serve in the police, reaching the rank of superintendent for the Cleethorpes Division of Lincolnshire Constabulary.[3] In his later years, he lived with his wife at Ramsbury near Marlborough.[10] Tew died in June 1987, aged 78, at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon.[3] His brother, John, also played first-class cricket.

References

  1. ^ "Edward Grosvenor Tew". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ Nephew of Lord Hawke Married. Leeds Mercury, 9 September 1935, p. 5
  3. ^ a b c "Wisden - Obituaries in 1987". ESPNcricinfo. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Player profile: Anthony Tew". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Anthony Tew". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Anthony Tew". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  7. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Anthony Tew". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Brieflets", Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian, 9 February 1946, p. 5
  9. ^ "New Police Chief Gives Up Post", Derby Telegraph, 6 February 1946, p. 8
  10. ^ a b "Suffolk Artists - Matchwick, Alice Beryl". suffolkartists.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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