Rowland Raw
English cricketer and British Army officer
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Rowland Raw (16 July 1884 – 7 August 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal
Suvla, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
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| Full name | Rowland Raw | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 July 1884 Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 August 1915 (aged 31) Suvla, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Raw was born at Pietermaritzburg in the Colony of Natal to George and Edith Raw.[1] He was educated in England at Clifton College,[2] before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, though he did not represent the university in cricket.[1] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England when he played two matches against Cambridge University at Crystal Palace in June 1905.[3] He scored 48 runs across his two matches, with a high score of 47.[4] After leaving Cambridge he married Mary Raw of Witley, Surrey.[1] He served in the First World War with the Lancashire Fusiliers, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in December 1914.[5] He sailed from Liverpool in July 1915 to take part in the Gallipoli Campaign, where he was killed in action at Suvla on 7 August 1915.[1] He was buried at the Hill 10 Cemetery.[1]