Ernest Remnant

Ernest Richard Remnant (1 May 1881 — 18 March 1969) was an English first-class cricketer. Remnant made over 120 appearances in first-class cricket, the majority of which came for Hampshire, though he also played three first-class matches in British India during the First World War. In all first-class cricket, he scored nearly 3,000 runs and took over 170 wickets; he was utilised as an all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled slow left-arm orthodox. After his playing career, he coached cricket at Harrow School.

Pre-war cricket career The son of the cricketer George Remnant, he was born at Croydon in May 1881. An all-round professional cricketer, Remnant made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Surrey at The Oval in the 1908 County Championship, with him making eleven appearances in his debut season. He played intermittently over the proceeding seasons, making five appearances in 1909 and two in 1910. The form he showed in this match, and subsequent good form, was described as "surprising" by The Illustrated Police News. During that season, Remnant also had some success with his slow left-arm orthodox bowling, taking 20 wickets and claiming his maiden five wicket haul against Somerset.

The following season, his eleven appearances met with little success. He did, however, stand as an umpire in two first-class matches that season. In the 1913 and 1914 seasons he made over twenty appearances in each, whilst taking 28 and 23 wickets respectively; With the outbreak of the First World War in July, first-class cricket was shortly thereafter suspended.

WWI and post-war cricket Remnant served in the British Army during the war as a non-commissioned officer with the 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, alongside peers from Hampshire. He served for a proportion of the war in British India, where he played three first-class matches. The first of these was for an England XI against India at Bombay in December 1915, with the match played in aid of the Women's Branch of the Bombay Presidency War and Relief Fund. His second and third matches both came for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus and the Parsees in the 1916–17 Bombay Quadrangular.

Remnant resumed his first-class career with Hampshire in 1920, making eleven appearances in the County Championship. With the ball, he took 170 wickets at an average of 27.35, taking five wickets or more in an innings on seven occasions. When his first-class career came to an end, Remnant was employed as the assistant cricket coach at Harrow School. He was also renowned as a fine wood carver; his home in Harrow depicted carved scenes from the Battle of Hastings. Remnant died at Harrow on 18 March 1969.