Robert Webb (cricketer, born 1806) explained

Robert Webb
Country:England
Fullname:Robert Holden Webb
Birth Date:22 February 1806
Birth Place:Ham Common, Surrey
Death Place:Essendon, Hertfordshire
Club1:Cambridge University
Year1:1826–1827
Date:23 June
Year:2013
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37899/37899.html CricketArchive

Robert Holden Webb (22 February 1806 – 10 March 1880) was an English cricketer with amateur status, later an Anglican priest.

Webb was educated at Eton College and then Christ's College, Cambridge. He is recorded as playing for Cambridge University in three first-class cricket matches from 1826 to 1827, totalling 24 runs with a highest score of 10 and holding no catches.[1] He was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1830 and was rector of Essendon from 1844 until his death.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert Webb . CricketArchive . 23 June 2013.