William Townshend (cricketer)
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| Full name | William Townshend | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1849 Sehore, Bhopal State, British India | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 July 1923 (aged 73) Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1870–1872 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 1874 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||
William Townshend (16 November 1849 – 19 July 1923) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of Edward Dupré Townshend, he was born in British India at Sehore in November 1849.[1] He was educated in England at Rossall School,[2] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford where he graduated B.A. in 1872 and M.A. in 1879.[1]
While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England at Oxford in 1870. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1872, making fourteen appearances.[3] He scored a total of 399 runs in his fourteen matches for Oxford, averaging 15.96 and making a high score of 55.[4] He somewhat failed to live up the batting reputation he had gained at Rossall School, where he was considered the second best batsman at the school after F. W. Wright.[2]
He later played first-class cricket in 1874, appearing in two matches, making an appearance each for the Gentlemen of England and the Marylebone Cricket Club.[3] He played county cricket for Cheshire, Denbighshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire and Shropshire (appearing for two matches for the latter in 1869).[5]
After leaving Oxford he became a priest in the Church of England.[1] He was the rector of Thurlaston in Leicestershire in 1880.[1] Townshend died in Leicestershire at Kirkby Mallory in July 1923.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b "Wisden - Obituaries in 1923". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by William Townshend". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Townshend". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications. pp. 27, 52. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.