Percy Farrant

Percy Robert Farrant (25 April 1868 – 4 September 1921) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and educator.

Percy Farrant
Personal information
Full name
Percy Robert Farrant
Born25 April 1868
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire,
Wales
Died4 September 1921(1921-09-04) (aged 53)
at sea aboard SS Ortega,
off the Maldives
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1890Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 12
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 5*
Balls bowled 30
Wickets 1
Bowling average 30.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/20
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 May 2020

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
  1. Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men and Their Colleges. James Parker & Co. p. 202.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Percy Farrant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Percy Farrant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Percy Farrant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. "No. 26307". The London Gazette. 15 July 1892. p. 4069.
  6. "No. 26461". The London Gazette. 24 November 1893. p. 6759.
  7. "No. 26483". The London Gazette. 9 February 1894. p. 836.
  8. Oxford and Cambridge Yearbook, 1904. 1904. p. 202.
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