Bertrand Turnbull
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| Born |
19 April 1887 Cardiff, Wales | |||||||||||||
| Died |
17 November 1943 (aged 57) Canton, Wales | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1906–1908 | Cardiff | |||||||||||||
| Penarth | ||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| 1908–1914 | Wales | 19 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bertrand Turnbull (19 April 1887 – 17 November 1943)[1] was a field hockey player from Wales, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. He also played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire in one match.[2]
Biography
Turnbull was educated at Downside College in Bath and played club hockey for Cardiff Hockey Club from 1906. He would later play for Penarth and would captain Wales in 1914.[3]
With only six teams participating in the field hockey tournament at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, he represented Wales under the Great British flag, where the team were awarded a bronze medal despite Wales only playing in and losing one match.[4] He played as a goalkeeper for Wales and both he and his cousin Philip Turnbull were in the team.[5]
His only taste of first-class cricket came in 1911 when he appeared as a wicketkeeper in a match for Gloucestershire against Cambridge University at Fenner's Cricket Ground, Cambridge. In a low-scoring match, he top-scored with an unbeaten 28 in Gloucestershire's first innings, but was out for seven in the second innings; he made one stumping.[6] He also played Minor Counties cricket for Glamorgan.[7]
He died in Canton, Cardiff, on 17 November 1943.[8]
References
- ^ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Bertrand Turnbull; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1887; District: Cardiff; Volume: 11a; Page: 310.
- ^ "Player profile: Bertrand Turnbull". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. Aurum Press Ltd. pp. 469–470. ISBN 1-85410-692-9.
- ^ "Olympics at Sports-Reference.com > Athletes > Bertrand Turnbull". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Gloucestershire". CricketArchive. 17 May 1911. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Bertie Turnbull". glamorgancricketarchives.com. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ "Bertrand Turnbull". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
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