Background
The son of John Purcell-Fitzgerald and Augusta Jane Lisle March Phillipps, he was born at Torquay, Devon.
The son of John Purcell-Fitzgerald and Augusta Jane Lisle March Phillipps, he was born at Torquay, Devon.
Purcell-Fitzgerald was a right-handed batsman. Purcell-Fitzgerald made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Hampshire at Day"s Antelope Ground, Southampton, in 1864. In this match, he scored 8 runs in Sussex"s first-innings, before being run out, while in their second-innings, he wasn"t required to bat, with Sussex winning the match by 10 wickets.
Two years later, he made a second first-class appearance, this time for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire at Lord"son
Purcell-Fitzgerald was dismissed for a duck by Sampson Tubb in the Marylebone Cricket Club"s first-innings. He wasn"t required to bat again in the match, with the Marylebone Cricket Club winning by an innings and 58 runs.
Purcell-Fitzgerald married Anne Laurie on 25 January 1860. They had six children, three girls and three boys.
He was for many years a resident at The Crouch House in Seaford, Sussex, but died at Boulge Hall, Boulge, Suffolk, on 17 December 1877.