John Pepys Explained

John Alfred Pepys (16 April 1838 – 22 March 1924) was an English first-class cricketer active 1857–1869 who played for Kent County Cricket Club and MCC. He was born in Marylebone and died in Bexhill-on-Sea.[1] [2]

Pepys was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1856 and graduated B.A. in 1861. He became a Church of England priest and was curate of Easington, Yorkshire.

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32013/32013.html John Pepys
  2. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 445–446. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)