Christian Tindall

Christian Tindall CIE (18 May 1878 – 13 April 1951) was an English officer in the Indian Civil Service and first-class cricketer.

Christian Tindall

Personal information
Full name	Christian Tindall
Born	18 May 1878 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Died	13 April 1951(1951-04-13) (aged 72) Littleham, Devon, England
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1904	London County
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 10 Batting average 10.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 9* Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2021

The son of John Tindall, he was born at Leighton Buzzard in May 1878.^[1] Tindall joined the civil service in October 1902,^[2] later being appointed to the Indian Civil Service in British India, where he rose in rank to become to secretary to the Government of Bengal. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.^[3] A keen cricketer, Tindall played first-class cricket in 1904 for London County, captained by W. G. Grace, in one match against Cambridge University at Fenner's.^[4] Batting twice in the match, he ended the London County first innings unbeaten on 9, while in their second innings he was dismissed for a single run by John Hopley.^[5] In later life he took an interest in the Codex Sinaiticus, publishing research on the subject.^[6] Toward the end of his life he was resident in Exeter with his wife, Elsie.^[1] Elsie was killed in the Second World War during an air raid on the city in 1943.^[7] Tindall lived out his final years in the Devon village of Littleham, where he died in April 1951.

References

1. Ruxton, Ian, ed. (2019). The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, 1906-1911. Lulu.com. p. 30. ISBN 9780359872138.
2. "No. 27468". The London Gazette. 21 October 1902. p. 6654.
3. "No. 31099". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 109.
4. "First-Class Matches played by Christian Tindall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
5. "Cambridge University v London County, 1904". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
6. Cresswell, Peter (2013). The Invention of Jesus: How the Church Rewrote the New Testament. Watkins Books. p. 225. ISBN 9781780286211.
7. Summer, Stephen (19 September 2017). "Remembering the only Sidmouth woman who died in WW1". Sidmouth Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

External links

• Christian Tindall at ESPNcricinfo