Rowland Raw

Rowland Raw
Personal information
Full name
Rowland Raw
Born16 July 1884
Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal
Died7 August 1915(1915-08-07) (aged 31)
Suvla, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 48
Batting average 24.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 47
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 June 2019

Rowland Raw (16 July 1884 – 7 August 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e McCrery, Nigel (2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 151. ISBN 978-1473864191.
  2. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p208: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Rowland Raw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Rowland Raw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  5. ^ "No. 28995". The London Gazette. 4 December 1914. p. 10304.