Rowland Venables

Rowland George Venables JP (18 January 1846 – 9 March 1920) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

Rowland Venables
Personal information
Full name
Rowland George Venables
Born18 January 1846
Truro, Cornwall, England
Died9 March 1920(1920-03-09) (aged 74)
Oswestry, Shropshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm roundarm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1866–1869Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 26
Batting average 13.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 24*
Balls bowled 144
Wickets 4
Bowling average 23.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/25
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 February 2020

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
  1. Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. Vol. 2. A. J. Lawrence. p. 180.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Venables, Rowland George" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Rowland Venables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Rowland Venables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Rowland Venables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. pp. 481.
  7. 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.
  8. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1920". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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