Percy Farrant
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| Full name | Percy Robert Farrant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1868 Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 September 1921 (aged 53) at sea aboard SS Ortega, off the Maldives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1890 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Percy Robert Farrant (25 April 1868 – 4 September 1921) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and educator.
The son of Robert Farrant, he was born at Llandudno in April 1868. He was educated at Repton School, before going up to New College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1890, against the touring Australians and the Gentlemen of England,[2] though without much success in either match, with Farrant taking one wicket,[3] that of the Gentlemen of England's Ernest Coxon, in addition to scoring 12 runs.[4]
After graduating from Oxford, Farrant was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Worcestershire and Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery in July 1892,[5] with promotion to lieutenant coming in November 1893.[6] He resigned his commission in February 1894.[7] After leaving the Volunteer Artillery, Farrant became an assistant master at Malvern College.[8] He died aboard SS Ortega off the coast of the Maldives in September 1921.
References[edit]
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men and Their Colleges. James Parker & Co. p. 202.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Percy Farrant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Percy Farrant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Percy Farrant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 26307". The London Gazette. 15 July 1892. p. 4069.
- ^ "No. 26461". The London Gazette. 24 November 1893. p. 6759.
- ^ "No. 26483". The London Gazette. 9 February 1894. p. 836.
- ^ Oxford and Cambridge Yearbook, 1904. 1904. p. 202.