Robert Edwin Rumsey (17 February 1844 – 12 June 1884) was an English professional cricketer who played in three first-class cricket matches in 1875.[1]

Robert Rumsey
Personal information
Full name
Robert Edwin Rumsey
Born(1844-02-17)17 February 1844
Greenwich, Kent
Died12 June 1884(1884-06-12) (aged 40)
Greenwich, Kent
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1875Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 20
Batting average 5.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 13
Balls bowled 300
Wickets 7
Bowling average 20.00
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/48
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2013

Rumsey was born at Greenwich, then in Kent, in 1875 the son of Robert and Phoebe Rumsey. His father was an engineer working at John Penn and Sons in Deptford. Robert joined the same company and spent his working life as a pattern maker. He captained the company cricket team and by the 1870s was supplementing his income by working as a coach, first at Southgate and later at Gore Court in Sittingbourne.[2]

Rumsey played in Colts matches for Kent sides in 1874 and made his senior debut for Kent County Cricket Club against Hampshire at Catford in 1875, taking a five-wicket haul on debut.[2] He made two further first-class appearances for Kent in the same season, against Derbyshire and Surrey, taking a further two wickets. Rumsey continued to play club cricket, including for a Players of Kent XI in 1876, and appeared at least twice for the United South of England Eleven.[2][3]

Rumsey married Emily Malyon in 1866; the couple had two children. He died after an illness in 1884 at Greenwich aged 40.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Robert Rumsey, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. ^ a b c d Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 472–473. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. ^ Robert Rumsey, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-28. (subscription required)
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