About Robert Battiscombe
Lived 1799 – 1881 (aged 81). Robert Battiscombe was a British cricketer.
Robert Samuel Battiscombe (13 April 1799 – 13 March 1881) was an English cricketer associated with Cambridge University who was active in the 1820s. He is recorded in two matches from 1819 to 1821, totalling 29 runs with a highest score of 17.
Battiscombe was born at Clewer in Berkshire and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. He was admitted to the Bar as a lawyer in 1827, but later became a Church of England clergyman, serving as vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, London, from 1835 to 1840 and Barkway with Reed, Hertfordshire, from 1840 to his death in 1881 aged 81.
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Who was Robert Battiscombe?
English cricketer (1799-1881)
When was Robert Battiscombe born?
Robert Battiscombe was born on 13 April 1799 in Clewer.
When did Robert Battiscombe die?
Robert Battiscombe died on 13 March 1881 in Barkway.
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Robert Battiscombe was a cricketer.
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Robert Battiscombe was British.
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