Richard Kirwan (cricketer)

Richard Kirwan (7 January 1829 – 2 September 1872) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

Richard Kirwan
Personal information
Full nameRichard Kirwan
Born7 January 1829
Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais,
France
Died2 September 1872(1872-09-02) (aged 43)
Sidmouth, Devon, England
BattingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 2
Batting average 1.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 2
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2019

The son of Captain Richard Kirwan, of the Royal Fusiliers, he was born in France at Boulogne. He was educated at Brighton College,[1] before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[2] Kirwan made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against a United England Eleven at Hove in 1853.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Gentlemen of England first-innings for 2 runs by Tom Adams, while in their second-innings he was dismissed without scoring by John Wisden.[4]

He graduated from Cambridge in 1853 and was ordained in the Church of England in 1855. He was the curate of Little Bardfield in Essex from 1855–57 and Gosfield from 1857–60.[1] He moved to Devon in 1860, where he took up the post of rector of Gittisham until 1872. Kirwan drowned while bathing in the sea off Sidmouth in September 1872.[1] He had married Rose Helen Lampet in 1860, with the couple having at least one son.[2]

References
  1. Brighton College register, (1847-1922). Farncombe. 1922. p. 1.
  2. Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-1108036146.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Richard Kirwan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  4. "Gentlemen of England v United England Eleven, 1853". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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