Rawdon Briggs (cricketer)
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Warkworth, Northumberland, England
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 December 1853 Warkworth, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 August 1936 (aged 82) Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1875–1876 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Rawdon Briggs (30 December 1853 – 21 August 1936) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of Rawdon Briggs senior, he was born in December 1853 at Warkworth, Northumberland. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to St John's College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Briggs played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1874 and 1875, making ten appearances.[3] He scored 342 runs in his ten first-class matches, at an average of 21.37 and with a highest score of 71.[4] After graduating from Oxford, he took holy orders in the Anglican Church. He was the canon of All Saints, Bradford from 1877–82 and was the vicar there from 1882.[1] Briggs died at Bedford in August 1936.
