{{short description|English cricketer and rugby union footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ulick Considine | image = | country = England | fullname = Stanley George Ulick Considine | height = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|8|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bilaspur, Punjab Province, British India | death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|8|31|1901|8|11|df=yes}} | death_place = Bath, Somerset, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Batsman | family = | club1 = Somerset | year1 = {{nowrap|1919–1935}} | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 8 August | debutyear1 = 1919 | debutfor1 = Somerset | debutagainst1 = Hampshire | lastdate1 = 5 July | lastyear1 = 1935 | lastfor1 = Somerset | lastagainst1 = South Africans | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 89 | runs1 = 2,965 | bat avg1 = 21.33 | 100s/50s1 = 1/16 | top score1 = 130* | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 42/– | date = 26 December | year = 2009 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3494/3494.html CricketArchive }} '''Stanley George Ulick Considine''' (11 August 1901 – 31 August 1950) was a first-class cricketer who played as an amateur for Somerset in the 1920s. He was born at Bilaspur in British India.
Considine was also a rugby union player, appearing at stand-off half for Bath, Somerset and, once, for England in France in 1925, though in his one international appearance he played on the wing.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/match/19302.html | title = France v England 1925 |publisher = scrum.com | accessdate = 21 November 2018}}</ref> He was badly injured in that match and, according to one report, his enthusiasm for sport of all kinds diminished after that.<ref>{{Cite book | author = David Foot | title = ''Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: A History of Somerset Cricket'' | edition = 1986 | publisher = David & Charles, Newton Abbot | ISBN = 0-7153-8890-8 | page = 101 }}</ref>
Educated at Blundell's School, Considine first played cricket for Somerset in 1919, and in 1921 and 1922 was a regular member of the side as a right-handed middle order batsman and a fine cover fielder. His one century was an unbeaten 130 in the match against Worcestershire at Taunton in July 1921.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10205.html | title = Scorecard: Somerset v Worcestershire |date = 13 July 1921 |publisher = CricketArchive |url-access=subscription | accessdate = 2009-12-26}}</ref> His best season was 1922, when he scored 973 runs and came third in Somerset's batting averages.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3494/f_Batting_by_Season.html | title = Batting and Fielding in each Season by Ulick Considine |publisher = CricketArchive |url-access=subscription | accessdate = 2009-12-26}}</ref> Wisden wrote of him: "He is so young that if he can spare time to keep up the game he ought to have a bright future."<ref>{{Cite book | title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | edition = 1923 | publisher = Wisden | chapter = Somerset Matches, 1922 | pages = 232 }}</ref>
Considine's appearances became less frequent and after the mid-1920s he rarely played though his final match was not until 1935. He was a solicitor in Bath, like several other Somerset amateurs of the time, such as Reggie Ingle and Bunty Longrigg. In the Second World War he was a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force.<ref>''Wisden'' 1951, p. 919.</ref> He died in 1950 at Bath, Somerset, where he was a member of the Bath and County Club.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=10786}} * [http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/3245.html Stanley Considine] at ESPNscrum
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