Philip Martineau

Sir Philip Hubert Martineau (28 October 1862 – 7 October 1944) was an English solicitor who became President of the Law Society. He was also a cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) as a left-arm fast-medium bowler.

Biography Born in London in 1862, He was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1884. He became a solicitor and was elected president of the Law Society in 1931-32 and knighted in the 1933 New Year Honours.

Cricket career He made his first-class debut in 1883 for the MCC against Derbyshire.

Following a minor match against Northumberland in July of that year, he played his second and final first-class match for the MCC against Somerset.

He died in Sunningdale in 1944, Two cousins, Alfred and Lionel also played first-class cricket.