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As Lord Dalmeny he was a prominent cricketer and he played two first-class matches for Middlesex in 1902.

He served as captain of Surrey County Cricket Club ( 1905 – 1907 ).

He played in 102 first-class matches in all, scoring 3551 runs at an average of 22. 47, including 2 centuries with a highest score of 138.

He was a hitter of notable power and though never consistent he could on occasions “ knock the best bowling all over the field ”, as when he hit 58 against Hallam on a difficult wicket at The Oval in 1905.

Rosebery was notable in horseracing circles for winning the Epsom Derby with Blue Peter and Ocean Swell, and winning most other classic British flat races, with horses bred at his Mentmore and Crafton Studs.