Robert Monro (cricketer)

Robert Webber Monro (28 March 1838 – 10 June 1908) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

Robert Monro
Personal information
Full name
Robert Webber Monro
Born28 March 1838
Bloomsbury, London, England
Died10 June 1908(1908-06-10) (aged 70)
Coombe Wood, Surrey, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1860Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 3
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 3
Balls bowled 16
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2020

The son of John Boscawen Monro, he was born at Bloomsbury in March 1838. He was educated Harrow School,[1] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Cambridge University in The University Match of 1860 at Lord's.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 3 runs by Denzil Onslow in the Oxford first innings, while in their second innings he opened the batting and was dismissed without scoring by Robert Lang.[4] Monro also played rackets for Oxford, pairing with William Hart Dyke against Cambridge in 1860, with the pair winning 4–2.[5]

A student of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in January 1864.[6] He was a clerk in the House of Lords from 1869 until 1901,[2][6] before becoming chief clerk to the Parliament Office in the House of Lords from 1901 to 1903.[1] Monro died in June 1908 at Coombe Wood, Surrey.[5]

References

  1. Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911. Longmans, Green. p. 248.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 706.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Robert Monro". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. "Oxford University v Cambridge University, 1860". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1908". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. p. 437.
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