Robert Lang (cricketer)

Robert Lang
Personal information
Full name Robert Lang
Born 6 April 1840
Jessore, India
Died 23 March 1908 (aged 67)
Woodham Walter, Essex
Bowling style Fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1860–1862 Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 11
Runs scored 180
Batting average 12.00
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 63
Balls bowled 1097
Wickets 28
Bowling average 16.56
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 5/4
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 4 November 2013

Robert Lang (born 6 April 1840 at Jessore, India; died 23 March 1908 at Woodham Walter, Essex) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1860 to 1862 for Cambridge University.

Lang was educated at Harrow, where he captained the cricket team in 1858 and 1859, and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He made 11 appearances in first-class matches: eight for Cambridge and three for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series.

By the standards of the day he was considered a "tremendously fast" bowler.[2] In the 1860 match against Oxford University he took 1 for 9 and 5 for 10 to help Cambridge to victory,[3] and in the 1862 match he took 5 for 4 and 4 for 31 in another victory.[4]

Lang became a clergyman in the Church of England. He was clerical secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1881 to 1892, and Vicar of Dinton, Buckinghamshire from 1892 to 1902.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lang, Robert (LN859R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ Wisden 1914, p. 189.
  3. ↑ Oxford University v Cambridge University 1860
  4. ↑ Oxford University v Cambridge University 1862

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