| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Richard Kirwan |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1829 |
| Birth Place: | Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France |
| Death Place: | Sidmouth, Devon, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 2 |
| Bat Avg1: | 1.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 2 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 6 August |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16140.html Cricinfo |
Richard Kirwan (7 January 1829 – 2 September 1872) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. The son of Captain Richard Kirwan, of the Royal Fusiliers, he was born in France at Boulogne. He was educated at Brighton College,[1] before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[2] Kirwan made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against a United England Eleven at Hove in 1853.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Gentlemen of England first-innings for 2 runs by Tom Adams, while in their second-innings he was dismissed without scoring by John Wisden.[4]
He graduated from Cambridge in 1853 and was ordained in the Church of England in 1855. He was the curate of Little Bardfield in Essex from 1855 - 57 and Gosfield from 1857 - 60.[1] He moved to Devon in 1860, where he took up the post of rector of Gittisham until 1872. Kirwan drowned while bathing in the sea off Sidmouth in September 1872.[1] He had married Rose Helen Lampet in 1860, with the couple having at least one son.[2]