About Skynner Woodruffe
Lived 1814 – 1848 (aged 33). Skynner Woodruffe was a cricketer.
Skynner George Woodruffe (6 June 1814 – 4 February 1848) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of George Woodruffe, he was born at Chiswick in June 1814. Woodruffe made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club, with both coming against Cambridge University at Cambridge in 1836 and 1837. He scored 6 runs in these two matches, with a highest score of 4 not out. He was commissioned into the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars as a lieutenant in June 1841. Woodruffe died in February 1848 at Farthinghoe Lodge in the Northamptonshire village of Farthinghoe.
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Who was Skynner Woodruffe?
English cricketer and British Army officer
When was Skynner Woodruffe born?
Skynner Woodruffe was born on 6 June 1814 in Chiswick.
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Skynner Woodruffe died on 4 February 1848 in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
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Skynner Woodruffe was a cricketer.
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