Rowland George Venables JP (18 January 1846 – 9 March 1920) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
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| Full name | Rowland George Venables | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1846 Truro, Cornwall, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 March 1920 (aged 74) Oswestry, Shropshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm roundarm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1866–1869 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The son of The Reverend Joseph Venables, he was born at Truro in January 1846. He was educated at Rugby School,[1] before going up to University College, Oxford.[2]
While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University, against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1866 and the Gentlemen of England in 1869.[3] He scored 26 runs in his two matches,[4] in addition to taking 4 wickets with his left-arm roundarm medium pace bowling, with best figures of 3 for 25.[5]
A student of the Inner Temple, Venables was called to the bar in 1872. He was a member of the Oxford circuit and the chairman of the Ludlow Board of Guardians.[6] He was also a justice of the peace for Shropshire and the Welsh county of Denbighshire.[1]
He remained active in cricket following his time at Oxford and was a prominent figure in Shropshire cricket, appearing for the county between 1866 and 1876 while playing at club level for Oswestry,[7] in addition to being a member of the Free Foresters Cricket Club. Venables died suddenly at Oswestry in March 1920.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. Vol. 2. A. J. Lawrence. p. 180.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Rowland Venables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Rowland Venables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Rowland Venables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. pp. 481.
- ^ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. pp. 28, 52. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
- ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1920". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2020.