Eustace Charles Mordaunt (6 September 1870 – 21 June 1938) was an English amateur cricketer who played for

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and

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at the turn of the 20th century.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 391–392.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) Mordaunt was born at Wellesbourne Hastings in

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, the son of

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who had played cricket for MCC.Eustace Mordaunt

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. Retrieved 2018-12-21.John Mordaunt

. Retrieved 2018-12-21. He was educated at

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where he was in the cricket XI from 1887 to 1889, leading the school averages in his final season and captaining the side in 1888.Mordaunt, Mr Eustace Charles
Obituaries in 1938, ''

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'', 1939. Retrieved 2018-12-21.Mr. E. C. Mordaunt, ''

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'', 1938-07-01, p.18.The Public Schools in 1889, ''

'', 1890, p.23
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Retrieved 2018-12-21.) He played for

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in 1887 whilst he was at school at a time when the county did not have

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status. Mordaunt played in 11 first-class matches. He made his first-class debut for Middlesex in May 1891 playing against Kent at

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. He played four times for the county between 1891 and 1894 before moving to play for Kent between 1896 and 1897, making six appearances for the county. His final first-class match was for

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in 1904. He played non-first-class cricket for a variety of amateur sides, including I Zingari, MCC, Band of Brothers and

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.Eustace Mordaunt
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-21. His brothers henry and

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both played first-class cricket. He remained closely associated with Wellington College throughout his life and served as a Governor of the college. Mordaunt died at

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in London in 1938 aged 67.

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