William Rashleigh (cricketer)

William Rashleigh (7 March 1867 – 13 February 1937) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Oxford University between 1885 and 1901.[1] He was born at Farningham in Kent and died at Balcombe in Sussex.

William Rashleigh
Rashleigh c.1895
Personal information
Full name
William Rashleigh
Born(1867-03-07)7 March 1867
Farningham, Kent
Died13 February 1937(1937-02-13) (aged 69)
Balcombe, Sussex
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
RelationsWilliam Boys Rashleigh (father)
Charles Edward Rashleigh (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1885–1901Kent
1886–1889Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 127
Runs scored 5,379
Batting average 25.13
100s/50s 9/21
Top score 163
Balls bowled 29
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 56/–
Source: CricInfo, 6 September 2012

Cricket career

Rashleigh was the son of farmer and cricketer William Boys Rashleigh. He played in the Tonbridge School XI from 1882 to 1885, and made his first-class debut for Kent on 24 August 1885. He went up to Brasenose College, Oxford that autumn.[2] he gained his blue as a freshman. In July 1886 he joined Kingsmill Key in a stand of 243, a record first-wicket partnership at that time in a Varsity Match; both batsmen hit centuries, but no other batsman in the innings reached double figures.[3] Altogether in first-class cricket he passed one hundred in nine innings. The right-handed batsman's top score of 163 was made against Middlesex in June 1896.[4]

Teaching and ecclesiastical career

After occupying posts at Uppingham School and Tonbridge as assistant master, Rashleigh took Holy Orders in 1892. He was a minor canon at Canterbury Cathedral between 1903 and 1912, rector of St George's, Canterbury from 1912 to 1916, and subsequently vicar of Horton Kirby and Ridgmont.[5]

References

  1. Cricket archive-William Rashleigh Retrieved 6 September 2012
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Rashleigh, William" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co via Wikisource.
  3. University match 1886 scorecard Retrieved 20 September 2012
  4. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 458–460. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  5. Wisden obituary 1937 – Canon William Rashleigh Retrieved 10 September 2012
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