Richard Townsend (cricketer)
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Fullname
Richard Bowdler Townsend
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| Full name | Richard Bowdler Townsend | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1829 Chelsea, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 February 1852 (aged 22) Norwood, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1850 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 April 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Richard Bowdler Townsend (26 March 1829 – 10 February 1852) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Richard Edward Austin Townsend, he was born at Chelsea in March 1829. He was educated at Rugby School,[1] before going up to University College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1850.[3] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs by William Lillywhite in the Oxford first-innings.[4] He died before completing his studies at Oxford, dying in February 1852 at Norwood, Surrey.[2]
