Percival Partridge

Percival Walter Partridge (27 August 1879 — 12 July 1964) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor.

[2] He went to India in 1903, where he practiced as a solicitor at the family law firm King & Partridge in Madras.

A member of the Madras Cricket Club, Partridge was instrumental in allowing for the indigenous members of the Madras Union Club to have lunch in the cricket pavilion of the Madras Cricket Club Ground during a game between the two teams, with the usual custom being for indigenous players to have their lunch under trees outside the pavilion.

[5] He additional stood as an umpire in one Madras Presidency Match in 1927.

[6] Retiring to England, Partridge died at Esher in July 1964.