Hugh De Sélincourt

Born in Hampstead on 15 June 1878, he was an English author and journalist who studied at Dulwich College and then University College, Oxford. In the 1910s he worked as a critic, first for the Star as a drama critic and later for the Observer as a literary critic.

He began publishing fiction early, with A Boy's Marriage appearing in 1907, and went on to write a long list of novels, essays, and reviews. His best-known book is The Cricket Match (1924), a much-loved story of village cricket, and the fictional village of Tillingfold in his work was based on Storrington in Sussex.

Later books included The Game of the Season, The Saturday Match, and Gauvinier Takes to Bowls. He died in Pulborough, Sussex, on 20 January 1951.