Valentine Adolphus Titchmarsh (14 February 1853 – 11 October 1907) was a first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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er and Test match

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 umpire

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. Born in 1853 in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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, he played 8 matches for Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 and others between 1885 and 1891 as a right arm quick bowler and left handed batsman. His best haul, 5 for 69, came against Cambridge University Cricket Club

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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. He played for his native minor county Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

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 from 1876 to 1897.

Titchmarsh stood in 3 Test matches, on the Australian tours of England in 1899

Australian cricket team in England in 1899

The Australian cricket team in England in 1899 played 35 first-class matches including five Tests, the first time that a series in England had consisted of more than three matches...

, 1902

Australian cricket team in England in 1902

The Australian cricket team toured England during the 1902 English cricket season. The five-Test series between the two countries has been fondly remembered; in 1967 the cricket writer A.A. Thomson described the series as "a rubber more exciting than any in history except the Australia v West...

 and 1905

Australian cricket team in England in 1905

The Australian cricket team in England in 1905 played 35 first-class matches including 5 Tests. Australia was captained by Joe Darling. The England captain in all five Tests was Stanley Jackson.England won the Test series 2-0 with 3 Tests drawn:...

. He served as a first-class cricket umpire from 1882 to 1906 and died in 1907.