Richard Driver
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Richard Driver (born September 16, 1829 in Cabramatta, New South Wales, died July 8, 1880 in Randwick, New South Wales) was a Sydney solicitor, politician and cricket administrator.
A road built in the 1890s outside the Sydney Cricket Ground called Driver Avenue is named in his honour. Driver had helped to secure the cricket grounds in 1879 when he was both Minister for Lands and the President of the NSWCA.
His son Richard Driver Junior was also a prominent New South Wales politician.
He is buried at Waverley Cemetery.
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