Plum Warner

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Sir

Pelham Warner

MBE

Warner in 1906
Personal information
Full name	Pelham Francis Warner
Born	(1873-10-02)2 October 1873 Port of Spain, Trinidad
Died	30 January 1963(1963-01-30) (aged 89) West Lavington, Sussex, England
Nickname	Plum
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 118)	14 February 1899 v South Africa
Last Test	26 June 1912 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1894–1920	Middlesex
1894–1896	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 15 521 Runs scored 622 29,028 Batting average 23.92 36.28 100s/50s 1/3 60/149 Top score 132* 244 Balls bowled 0 1,132 Wickets – 15 Bowling average – 42.40 5 wickets in innings – 0 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 2/26 Catches/stumpings 3/– 183/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 November 2008

Sir Pelham Francis Warner, MBE (2 October 1873 – 30 January 1963), affectionately and better known as Plum Warner or "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket, was a Test cricketer and cricket administrator.

He was knighted for services to sport in the 1937 Coronation Honours.^[1]