G. D. Martineau
English cricket writer
About G. D. Martineau
Lived 1897 – 1976 (aged 78–79). G. D. Martineau was a cricket writer.
Gerald Durani Martineau (1897 – 29 May 1976) was a prolific English cricket writer.
He was born in Lahore and educated at Charterhouse School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was a captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment in World War I and authored the History of the Royal Sussex Regiment (1953). He worked for many years as a schoolmaster. Martineau also contributed to E. W. Swanton's World of Cricket and The Cricketer magazine.
His Wisden obituary opines that his books "were not works of much original research" but, "pleasantly written, they were ideally calculated to arouse the interest of the novice and spur him on to try for himself the masterpieces". Martineau died at Lyme Regis in 1976 at the age of 79 after a long illness.
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Who was G. D. Martineau?
English cricket writer
When was G. D. Martineau born?
G. D. Martineau was born in 1897.
When did G. D. Martineau die?
G. D. Martineau died on 29 May 1976.
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G. D. Martineau was a cricket writer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). G. D. Martineau. https://biography.guide/g-d-martineau/
MLA: "G. D. Martineau." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/g-d-martineau/.
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