Richard Wright (cricketer, born 1877) explained

Country:England
Fullname:Richard Gane Wright
Birth Date:1 January 1877
Birth Place:Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Death Place:Cookham, Berkshire, England
Batting:Unknown
Club1:Hertfordshire
Year1:1896 - 1898
Club2:Europeans
Year2:1922/23
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:18
Bat Avg1:18.00
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:18
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:–/–
Date:2 July
Year:2019
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/35992.html Cricinfo

Richard Gane Wright (1 January 1877  - 27 October 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.

The son of Richard Wright senior and his wife, Anne Maria Jones, Wright was born on New Year's Day in 1877 at Gisburn, Yorkshire. He later went up to Queens' College at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1902.[1] He played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1896 - 98, making six appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[2] He served in the Indian Education Service in British India, where he was the assistant principle of Aitchison College in Lahore.[3] While in India, Wright made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans against the Muslims at Lahore in 1923.[4] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 18 runs in the Europeans first-innings by Saleh Mohammad.[5] He had married Gladwys Chaning-Pearce at Colombo in 1910; however she died at Lahore in 1918.[6] The following year he married her sister, Rosella Lois Chaning-Pearce.[7] Wright died in October 1942, at Cookham, Berkshire.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Oxford and Cambridge Yearbook . 1904 . 716 . en.
  2. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Wright . CricketArchive . 2019-07-02 . subscription.
  3. Book: The India Office and Burma Office List . 1928 . Harrison and sons, Limited . 874 . en.
  4. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Richard Wright . CricketArchive . 2019-07-02 . subscription.
  5. Web site: Europeans v Muslims, 1922/23 . CricketArchive . 2019-07-02 . subscription.
  6. Book: Girton College (University of Cambridge) . 1948 . 119 . en.
  7. Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Saturday, August 2, 1919