William Richardson (cricketer, born 1861)

William Percival Richardson (25 February 1861 – 13 June 1933) was an English schoolmaster and a sportsman who played one game of first-class cricket for Cambridge University and also won a Blue for rugby.[1][2] He was born at Great Barford, Bedfordshire and died at Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent.

Richardson was educated at Clifton College and Christ's College, Cambridge.[2] He was in the cricket team at Clifton, but at Cambridge he was given only a single match: in the game against Lancashire in 1882 he scored 8 and 0 as a lower-order right-handed batsman and held one catch as a wicketkeeper.[3] He was awarded a Blue for rugby football in 1883.[2]

Richardson graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1884. He became a schoolmaster, serving as assistant master at Blair Lodge School at Polmont, Stirlingshire from 1884 to 1898 and at Warwick School from 1898 to 1905; he then became headmaster of St Chad's Preparatory School at Prestatyn in north Wales from 1905.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "William Richardson". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: William Richardson". Part 5. www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 297. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Lancashire". www.cricketarchive.com. 18 May 1882. Retrieved 3 February 2015.