Career
He was also a cricketer, as well as Registrar of the Probate and Divorce Registry from 1936 to 1959. At club level, he played for Hampstead. He made his debut in first-class cricket for The Gentlemen of England in 1908.
He subsequently played for Surrey between 1909 and 1920.
He was a useful right-handed batsman who, in 54 first-class appearances, scored 1,773 runs at an average of 25.32, with 3 centuries and a highest score of 135. This innings was against Middlesex at The Oval, and it took him less than two hours.
He was an occasional slow left-arm bowler, with 23 wickets to his cr at 31.47 and best innings figures of 6-43. His last major match (though not first-class) was a two-day fixture in 1928 in which he played for the Civil Service cricket team against the touring West Indians.
Subsequently he was an enthusiastic club cricketer, He appeared every August for Sidmouth.
In 1953, when aged 69, he scored 50 and took all ten wickets against the Nondescripts. His father, Anthony Wilkinson, also played first-class cricket. He was born at Elvet Hill, County Durham, England and was educated at Blundell"s School.
During his time as Registrar of the Probate and Divorce Registry, he was joint editor of the Seventh Edition of William Rayden"s Practice and law in the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice and on appeal therefrom, published in 1958 by Butterworth.
The volume runs to 1311 pages. He died at Honiton, Devon, England.