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Robert Henry Lyttelton (18 January 1854 – 7 November 1939) was an English cricketer who appeared in seven first-class matches between 1873 and 1880. A member of the Lyttelton family who were prominent in English cricket in the mid to late 1800s, he did not play county cricket, but appeared for a number of representative sides, in which players were often chosen more for their social status than their cricketing ability. In his later years he was known for his views about sportsmanship in cricket, and he successfully campaigned for changes in the laws of the game to penalise blocking the wicket with the legs. He published two books about cricket and collaborated with others on two more. ==Early life and cricket career== Robert Henry Lyttelton was born in Westminster, London on 18 January 1854, the sixth son of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton and his first wife Mary, ''née'' Glynne.〔Mosley, p. 839〕 He was educated at Eton, where he excelled as a sportsman. He was in Oppidan Wall and Keeper of Fives, and played a number of cricket matches for the school during his time there.〔 They included the annual fixture against Harrow in both 1871 and 1872; which Eton won in both years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eton College v Harrow School: Other matches in England 1871 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eton College v Harrow School: Other matches in England 1872 )〕 After leaving Eton he attended Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in 1875 and received his Master of Arts (MA) in 1878. He did not play for Cambridge University, but six of his seven first-class matches were played against the University at Fenner's.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First-Class Matches played by Robert Lyttelton (7) )〕 He made his debut in first-class cricket in 1873 for an "England XI", batting at number ten in the first innings, in which he scored two runs, and opening the batting in the second innings, remaining not out with three runs when his team achieved victory; fellow opener Charles Thornton scored 27 runs in the innings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cambridge University v England XI: University Match 1873 )〕 He played in two further first-class matches that year, all in May and all against Cambridge; in the third match, once again representing an "England XI", he claimed his solitary wicket in first-class cricket, dismissing Thomas Latham bowled.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cambridge University v England XI: University Match 1873 )〕 Lyttelton reached his highest score in first-class matches the following year for the same side, scoring 27 runs while batting at number ten (in a twelve-per-side contest).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cambridge University v England XI: University Match 1874 )〕 He did not appear in first-class cricket in 1875, but returned to Cambridge in 1876, the year after his graduation, to appear for the Gentlemen of England. Playing for the Cambridge side in that match were two of his brothers, Edward and Alfred. The Gentlemen won the match by three wickets, but Edward and Alfred outperformed their brother, who did not bowl, and scored one run in his only batting innings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cambridge University v Gentlemen of England: University Match 1876 )〕 ''The Times'' said of him, "'Bob' Lyttelton, though not famous as a cricketer like some of his brothers owing to a certain slowness of foot, was a close student and an able critic of the game". Despite playing just seven first-class matches, Lyttelton played a number of cricket matches that were not afforded that prestigious status. He played for the "Gentlemen of Worcestershire", a forerunner to Worcestershire County Cricket Club, and made his debut for them in a match against the "Gentlemen of Herefordshire" while still at Eton. He played alongside three of his brothers during this match; Neville; Arthur and Edward.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gentlemen of Worcestershire v Gentlemen of Herefordshire: Other matches in England 1871 )〕 In an 1874 match for Worcestershire against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he played as wicket-keeper, and took five catches in the second innings, four of them off the bowling of his brother Alfred, who went on to keep wicket in Test cricket for England.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gentlemen of Worcestershire v Marylebone Cricket Club: Other matches in England 1874 )〕 In addition to appearing for Worcestershire, he played for a number of amateur sides, such as the MCC, Free Foresters and I Zingari,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teams Robert Lyttelton played for )〕 for whom he was playing in his final first-class match in 1880.〔 Lyttelton was a strong believer that blocking the wicket with the legs was unsportsmanlike, and battled to outlaw the manoeuvre for over thirty years, even going so far as suggesting that if the ball strikes any part of the batsman at all in front of the stumps then he should be given out.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obituaries in 1939 )〕 In his 1928 book ''The Crisis in Cricket and the "Leg Before Rule"'', Lyttelton claims that the "curse of modern cricket" is drawn matches, which are caused by artificial pitches and "the pernicious modern habit of covering the stumps with the legs". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Lyttelton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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