Rowland Venables

Rowland George Venables JP (18 January 1846 – 9 March 1920) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

Rowland Venables

Personal information
Full name	Rowland George Venables
Born	18 January 1846 Truro, Cornwall, England
Died	9 March 1920(1920-03-09) (aged 74) Oswestry, Shropshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm roundarm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1866–1869	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 26 Batting average 13.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 24* Balls bowled 144 Wickets 4 Bowling average 23.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/25 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 February 2020

The son of The Reverend Joseph Venables, he was born at Truro in January 1846. He was educated at Rugby School,^[1] before going up to University College, Oxford.^[2]

While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University, against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1866 and the Gentlemen of England in 1869.^[3] He scored 26 runs in his two matches,^[4] in addition to taking 4 wickets with his left-arm roundarm medium pace bowling, with best figures of 3 for 25.^[5]

A student of the Inner Temple, Venables was called to the bar in 1872. He was a member of the Oxford circuit and the chairman of the Ludlow Board of Guardians.^[6] He was also a justice of the peace for Shropshire and the Welsh county of Denbighshire.^[1]

He remained active in cricket following his time at Oxford and was a prominent figure in Shropshire cricket, appearing for the county between 1866 and 1876 while playing at club level for Oswestry,^[7] in addition to being a member of the Free Foresters Cricket Club. Venables died suddenly at Oswestry in March 1920.^[8]