James Henry Savory
Reverend James Henry Savory (1855-1903) was an English clergyman, a Double Blue at Oxford University, a first-class cricketer, and an FA Cup finalist in football.
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| Born | 20 March 1855 Binfield, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 August 1903 (aged 48) Bayham Abbey, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1877-1878 | Oxford University Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
| 1879-1883 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
| 1879-1879 | A.W. Ridley's XI | ||||||||||||||
| 1882-1882 | Gentlemen of England | ||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 24 May 1877 Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | ||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 24 May 1883 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 23 May 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Life
Baptised at Binfield on 15 April 1855, only son of the Reverend Edmund Savory (1825-1912) and his wife Diana Maria Randall, he was educated at Winchester College and from 1874 at Trinity College, Oxford, gaining a MA in 1885. In 1886, he was appointed vicar of Little Dalby in Leicestershire.[1] From 1896, he was chaplain of the chapel on the Bayham Abbey estate,[2] being recorded there in the 1901 census.[3] Probate of his will was granted to his widow on 31 August 1903.[4]
Cricket career
He played for his school, Winchester College, in 1873 and 1874, and then at university for his college, Trinity. Picked for the University team, he played in the Varsity Match against Cambridge in 1877 and 1878. Other first-class teams he played for were MCC, A.W. Ridley's XI, and Gentlemen of England. He also batted for Harlequins, Old Wykehamists, and finally Free Foresters, for whom he last turned out in 1893.[5]
Football career
At university, he qualified for the Oxford University team, who were runners-up in the 1876-77 FA Cup.[6]
Family
On 25 February 1886 at Thornton, Buckinghamshire, he married Amy (1859-1929),[7] second daughter of the Reverend Herbert Richard Peel and his wife Georgiana Maria, daughter of the Reverend Thomas Baker. His wife's older sister, Alice, married Arthur Howard Heath.[8] With Amy he had two daughters, Gladys Rebe Savory (1887-1947) and Ethel Mary Savory (1888-1958), who did not marry.
References
- Foster, Joseph (1888), Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, Oxford: Parker and Co
- Lamberhurst, retrieved 23 May 2016
- Census Returns of England and Wales, Kew, Surrey, England, 1901Class RG13, Piece 895, Folio 30, Page 4 }
- Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England, London, England: Principal Probate Registry
- CricketArchive, retrieved 23 May 2016
- RSSSF, retrieved 22 May 2016
- England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005, retrieved 23 May 20161886, quarter 1, vol. 3A, p. 691
- Mosley, Charles (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107 ed.), Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, retrieved 23 May 2016
External links
- James Henry Savory at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- James Henry Savory at ESPNcricinfo