Philip Tomalin
Philip Humphreys Tomalin was member of the Norse Rowing Club in Richmond, and the Carlton Cricket Club that played at Regent's park before he left for France at the age of 21. He stayed there, 60 years until 1939 and died the following year at Bognor Regis. He was the captain of the silver medal winning French cricket team at the 1900 Summer Olympics, the only time to date that cricket has featured in the Olympics. In the only match against Great Britain, he was the not out batsman in both French innings, scoring three runs in the first and six in the second. He was born in Kensington.In 1894, the Annual General Meeting of the Standard Athletic Club appointed Philip Humphreys Tomalin to the Presidency of the Club. He remained the president of the club until 1940, and in 46 years turned the collection of youths meeting in the little bar of the rue Copernic into the premier British sports club in Paris.
