1819 and eventually outlived him by some seven years. Beldham and his second wife are buried in the Tilford churchyard, just up the road from the green: their graves are unmarked, but are thought to be in the north-west corner. Beldham's cottage still sits by the side of the pub, albeit with the later addition of an upper floor. Beldham's sister Hannah (1786–1842) married another leading cricketer of the day, John Wells. As late as 1861, forty years after his last important game and while he was still living, a wall of The Cricketers pub in Wrecclesham still bore the legend "Rendezvous of those Famous Cricketers Beldham & Wells" (another version has the sign as "Good Beer as drunk by those Famous Men Beldham & Wells"). That an early landlord of this pub may well have been one of Beldham's brothers may have something to do with this early example of celebrity endorsement. Beldham died at Tilford on 26 February 1862. His fame was not quickly forgotten after his playing career ended, for the July 1862 edition of London Society magazine reported that "Old Beldham died last winter (February) near Farnham, aged ninety-six. Not long before, the old man was invited to Lord's, and received with all honours in the pavilion: he was also advertised as expected at The Oval, to increase the attraction of a match between the old players and the young". Notes References Bibliography External links 1766 births 1862 deaths Brighton cricketers Colonel C. Lennox's XI cricketers E. H. Budd's XI cricketers English cricketers of 1701 to 1786 English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 English cricketers Epsom cricketers Gentlemen cricketers George Osbaldeston's XI cricketers Godalming Cricket Club cricketers Hambledon cricketers Hampshire cricketers Kent cricketers Left-Handed v Right-Handed cricketers Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Middlesex cricketers Non-international England cricketers People from Farnham People from the Borough of Waverley Players cricketers R. Leigh's XI cricketers St John's Wood cricketers Surrey and Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Surrey cricketers T. Mellish's XI cricketers The Bs cricketers West Kent cricketers William Ward's XI cricketers