John Thomas Athawes JP (8 December 1837 – 3 October 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
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| Full name | John Thomas Athawes | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1837 Loughton, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 October 1915 (aged 77) Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1860 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 June 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Personal life & education
editThe son of The Reverend John Athawes, he was born in December 1837 at Loughton, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Clare College, Cambridge.[2] After graduating from Cambridge, Athawes took holy orders in the Anglican Church in 1862, being ordained as a deacon. He took his curacy at Loughton in the same year, which he held until 1864. For the next three years he held the curacy at East Hendred.[1] Athawes was appointed the headmaster of St John's Middle School at Kennington in 1867, a post he remained in until 1881. He spent 1882 in Italy as a chaplain at Bologna.[2] Athawes returned to Loughton in 1883 to take up the post of reverend, which he held until his death at Loughton at Tenbury Wells in October 1915.[3] Beside his ecclesiastical duties, Athawes was the diocesan inspector of schools for Oxford and was a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire. He was also chairman of both the Newport Pagnell Board of Guardians and the Rural District Council.[2]
Cricket career
editHe did not play cricket while attending Winchester, but did play for Cambridge University Cricket Club in minor matches.[3] However, while studying at Cambridge he did make a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1860.[4] He batted once in the match, opening the batting in the MCC first innings and scoring 12 runs, before being dismissed by Edward Fawcett.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Winchester College, 1836–1906: A Register. P. and G. Wells. 1907. p. 129.
- ^ a b c Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 89.
- ^ a b "Wisden – Obituaries in 1915". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Athawes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1860". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2021.