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Okeover Butler Longcroft (6 March 1850 — 7 September 1871) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Charles John Longcroft, he was born in the family ancestral home of Hall Place in Havant in March 1850. Longcroft was educated at Bradfield College. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire on two occasions, against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1869 and Lancashire in 1870, with both matches played at Southampton. Playing as a wicket-keeper, he took a single catch and made a single stumping across his two matches, while with the bat he scored 28 runs with a highest score of 12. He also bowled in both matches, taking 8 wickets at an average of 9.37, with best figures of 3 for 15. Whilst out shooting, Longcroft began to feel unwell. He subsequently died a few days later on 7 September 1871, at Hall Place. His cause of death was registered as typhoid fever.

References

1. Deaths. Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. 16 September 1871. p. 5
2. The Bradfield College Register. Oxford: Holywell Press. 1909. p. 95.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Okeover Longcroft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
4. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Okeover Longcroft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
5. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Okeover Longcroft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
6. Mr. Okeover Butler Longcroft. Hampshire Independent. 16 September 1871. p. 6
7. Phillips-Evans, James Lewis (2012). The Longcrofts: 500 Years of a British Family. CreateSpace. ISBN 9781481020886.

External links

• Okeover Longcroft at ESPNcricinfo

• 1850 births
• 1871 deaths
• People from Havant
• Cricketers from Hampshire
• People educated at Bradfield College
• English cricketers
• Hampshire cricketers
• Deaths from typhoid fever in the United Kingdom