About Myles Kenyon
Lived 1886 – 1960 (aged 73). Myles Kenyon was a British cricketer.
Myles Noel Kenyon (25 December 1886 – 21 November 1960) was an English cricketer.
He was born at Walshaw Hall, Bury, Greater Manchester, the son of James Kenyon, a prosperous woollen and cotton manufacturer and Conservative MP; and Elise / Elisa Augusta (née Genth) Kenyon, a classically trained musician baptised in Rusholme with German parents; and educated at Eton School.
He played cricket as a right-handed batsman for Lancashire and was club captain from 1919 to 1922. He was club president in 1936–37. In 1934 he served as High Sheriff of Lancashire. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant for the county.
He died 21 November 1960 in Birdham, Sussex aged 73. In 1909 he had married Mary Moon.
The Myles N. Kenyon Cup was competed for by amateur football teams in the Bury area, until its demise in 2017.
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Who was Myles Kenyon?
English cricketer (1886-1960)
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Myles Kenyon was born on 25 December 1886 in Bury.
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Myles Kenyon died on 21 November 1960 in Birdham.
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Myles Kenyon was a cricketer.
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