Thomas Lawford Rolph (13 February 1840 – 5 September 1876) was a Canadian-born lawyer and a cricketer who played in a single first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1860.[1] He was born in Dundas, Canada, and died at Gloucester in England.
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| Full name | Thomas Lawford Rolph | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1840 Dundas, Upper Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 September 1876 (aged 36) Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Rolph (father) John Rolph (uncle) Alfred Renshaw (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1860 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 25 April 2020 | |||||||||||||||
The elder son of the Canadian politician George Rolph, Thomas Rolph was educated in England at Cheltenham College and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2] He played cricket as a middle-order batsman for his school, but when selected for a single match for Cambridge University against the Cambridge Town Club he failed to score in either innings and was not picked again.[3] He played a few minor cricket matches for amateur sides both during his time at Cambridge and afterwards, but played no more first-class cricket.[1]
Rolph graduated from Cambridge University in 1863 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[2] He became a solicitor and was part of the London firm of Renshaw and Rolph, with offices in Cannon Street.[2] He married Edith Anna Renshaw on 8 December 1875.[4]
He died in Barnwood, Gloucestershire on 5 September 1876, aged 36.
His brother-in-law Alfred Renshaw played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1871.
References edit
- ^ a b "Thomas Rolph". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ a b c "Rolph, Thomas Lawford (RLF859TL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club". www.cricketarchive.com. 10 May 1860. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ "Thomas Lawford Rolph". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.