John Guthrie (cricketer)

John Guthrie
Personal information
Full name John Guthrie
Born 10 September 1795
Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Died 6 July 1865 (1865-07-07) (aged 69)
Clifton, Bristol
Batting style unknown hand
Bowling style underarm: unknown hand and type
Role unknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1819 Cambridge University
Career statistics
Source: Arthur Haygarth, 31 March 2013

John Guthrie (born 10 September 1795 in Newark, Nottinghamshire; died 6 July 1865 in Clifton, Bristol) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Cambridge University. He is recorded as a batsman in two matches in 1819, totalling 32 runs with a highest score of 22.[1]

Guthrie was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. After graduating from Cambridge he became a Church of England priest and after other posts he was vicar of Calne, Wiltshire, from 1835 until his death. In Calne he and his wife founded a local school, the Guthrie School.[2] He was appointed a canon of Bristol Cathedral in 1858 and was the first chairman of council of Clifton College, founded in 1862.[3]

References

  1. "John Guthrie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. "Guthrie School, Calne". Wiltshire Council.
  3. "Guthrie, John (GTRY812J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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