William Garnett (cricketer)

William Bishton Garnett (27 June 1816 – 11 January 1903) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

William Garnett

Personal information
Full name	William Bishton Garnett
Born	27 June 1816 Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Died	11 January 1903 (aged 86) Shifnal, Shropshire, England
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1839	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 22 Batting average 11.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 12 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2020

The son of The Reverend William Garnett senior, he was born at Nantwich in June 1817. He was educated at Shrewsbury School,[1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1839.[3] Batting twce in the match, Garnett was dismissed for 10 runs by William Bonsey in the Oxford first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 12 runs by James Cobbett.[4] Garnett was also a member of the Oxford University Boat Club and was a cox for the Oxford team in the 1840 Boat Race.[1]

After graduating from Oxford, Garnett took holy orders in the Church of England, becoming a preacher at Bunbury from 1853–63, and was later a justice of the peace for both Montgomeryshire and Shropshire.[1] He changed his name by royal license to William Bishton Garnett Botfield in 1863, following the death of his cousin Beriah Botfield who had died without issue.[5] Garnett died at Shifnal in January 1903.

References

1. Auden, J. E. (1909). Shrewsbury School Register. Woodhall, Minshall, &, Co., Claxton Press. p. 66.
2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 135.
3. "First-Class Matches played by William Garnett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
4. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1839". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
5. "No. 22785". The London Gazette. 3 November 1863. p. 5193.

External links

• William Garnett at ESPNcricinfo