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| birth_place =[[Brooklands, Sale]], England<ref name="Obit">{{cite news| title = Obituaries: The Rev Vernon Royle | newspaper = The Times |issue = 45209 | page = 10 | location = London | date = 22 May 1929}}</ref> |
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| death_date = 21 May 1929 (aged 75) |
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The Reverend '''Vernon Peter Fanshawe Archer Royle''' (29 January 1854 – 21 May 1929) was an |
The Reverend '''Vernon Peter Fanshawe Archer Royle''' (29 January 1854 – 21 May 1929) was an English [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er who played in a single [[Test cricket|Test match]] for [[England national cricket team|England]] in Australia and later became a schoolmaster.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/35/35.html| title = Vernon Royle | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 15 April 2013}}</ref><ref>Ambrose D (2003) [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1501.html Lancashire player number 82 – Royle, Rev. Vernon Peter Fanshawe Archer], CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2022.</ref> |
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==Background and education== |
==Background and education== |
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He was the third son of a surgeon, Peter Royle, and Mariann Fanshawe, and was educated at [[Rossall School]] and [[Brasenose College]], [[Oxford University|Oxford]]. |
He was the third son of a surgeon, Peter Royle, and Mariann Fanshawe, and was educated at [[Rossall School]] and [[Brasenose College]], [[Oxford University|Oxford]]. |
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==Cricket career== |
==Cricket career== |
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Royle played cricket for [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] from 1873 and for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1875 and 1876, winning a [[Blue (university sport)|Blue]] both years. His record at Oxford was modest, and he passed 50 only once, making an unbeaten 67 in the match against [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] at [[Prince's Cricket Ground]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] in 1876, when he batted at No 9 and where his runs were part of an Oxford total of 612, the highest score ever made at Prince's.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2025.html | title = Scorecard: Middlesex v Oxford University | date = 19 June 1876 | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 19 April 2013}}</ref> After Oxford, he returned to fairly regular cricket for Lancashire for two seasons and in 1878 he hit his highest score, an innings of 81 against [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] at [[Town Malling]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2242.html | title = Scorecard: Kent v Lancashire | date = 22 August 1878 | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 19 April 2013}}</ref> |
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He played cricket for [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] from 1873 and for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1875 and 1876, winning a [[Blue (university sport)|Blue]] both years. |
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Despite this fairly modest record as a batsman (which was little different from that of several other amateur members of the team), Royle was a member of [[Lord Harris]]'s [[English cricket team in Australia in 1878-79|cricket team]] to tour [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] in 1878–79, which played one match against [[Australian national cricket team|Australia]]. This game has since been recognised as a Test match, the third such game ever played; Royle scored 3 and 18 as the Australians won by 10 wickets, and he also took two catches.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2257.html | title = Scorecard: Australia v England | date = 2 January 1879 | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 19 April 2013}}</ref> In fact, it was Royle's fielding that won particular attention on this tour, and was remembered in glowing terms 50 years later: "He was ambidextrous, very quick on his feet and smart in return," said the obituary in [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] in 1930.<ref>{{Cite book | title = [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] | edition = 1930 | volume = Part I | publisher = [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] |chapter = Deaths in 1929 | page = 262}}</ref> He is generally regarded as being the greatest "[[cover point]]" of all time, and many books have described the fear he engendered in batsmen when on the pitch. Only a rash batsman dared to try for a quick run. A remark of [[Tom Emmett]]’s, the famous Yorkshire cricketer, is recalled in Royle's obituary in ''[[The Times]]'': "Woa, mate, there's a policeman," he said when his partner called him for a short run while Royle was at cover point.<ref name="Obit"/> In 1919, when ''The Times'' was wanting to make a comparison with [[Jack Hobbs]]' prowess as a cover-point field, it cited [[Gilbert Jessop]] and [[Syd Gregory]], two long-standing and famous cricketers, plus the relatively unknown Vernon Royle, as Hobbs' only equals.<ref>{{cite news| title = Cricket Reminiscences: An England XI | newspaper = The Times |issue = 42152 | page = 6 | location = London | date = 15 July 1919 }}</ref> |
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==After cricket== |
==After cricket== |
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After the tour he retired from cricket and took up full-time teaching at [[Elstree School]], though he returned to Lancashire and to various amateur teams for occasional matches through to 1886 and as late as 1891 played for Lancashire in a game against [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) at [[Lord's]]. He later served as president of the Lancashire County Cricket Club. |
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He was ordained in 1892 when he was a schoolmaster at Elstree; he subsequently briefly became headmaster at Elstree before moving to [[Stanmore Park]] school, where he was headmaster from 1901 until his death.<ref name="Obit"/> |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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Royle kept a diary of his tour, which |
Royle kept a diary of his tour, which was published in 2001 as ''Lord Harris's Team in Australia 1878–79: The Diary of Vernon Royle''.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 2002, p. 1535.</ref> In it he outlines the lavish welcome afforded the touring party. Royle also briefly mentions his views on the [[Sydney Riot of 1879]]. |
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*[http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/35/35.html CricketArchive page on Vernon Royle] |
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*[http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/19492.html Cricinfo page on Vernon Royle] |
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*[http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1501.html Lancashire player number 82 - Royle, Rev. Vernon Peter Fanshawe Archer by Don Ambrose] |
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Born | 29 January 1854 Brooklands, Sale, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 May 1929 (aged 75) Stanmore, Middlesex, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 3 September 2022 |
The Reverend Vernon Peter Fanshawe Archer Royle (29 January 1854 – 21 May 1929) was an English first-class cricketer who played in a single Test match for England in Australia and later became a schoolmaster.[2][3]
Background and education
[edit]He was the third son of a surgeon, Peter Royle, and Mariann Fanshawe, and was educated at Rossall School and Brasenose College, Oxford.
Cricket career
[edit]Royle played cricket for Lancashire from 1873 and for Oxford University in 1875 and 1876, winning a Blue both years. His record at Oxford was modest, and he passed 50 only once, making an unbeaten 67 in the match against Middlesex at Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea in 1876, when he batted at No 9 and where his runs were part of an Oxford total of 612, the highest score ever made at Prince's.[4] After Oxford, he returned to fairly regular cricket for Lancashire for two seasons and in 1878 he hit his highest score, an innings of 81 against Kent at Town Malling.[5]
Despite this fairly modest record as a batsman (which was little different from that of several other amateur members of the team), Royle was a member of Lord Harris's cricket team to tour Australia in 1878–79, which played one match against Australia. This game has since been recognised as a Test match, the third such game ever played; Royle scored 3 and 18 as the Australians won by 10 wickets, and he also took two catches.[6] In fact, it was Royle's fielding that won particular attention on this tour, and was remembered in glowing terms 50 years later: "He was ambidextrous, very quick on his feet and smart in return," said the obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1930.[7] He is generally regarded as being the greatest "cover point" of all time, and many books have described the fear he engendered in batsmen when on the pitch. Only a rash batsman dared to try for a quick run. A remark of Tom Emmett’s, the famous Yorkshire cricketer, is recalled in Royle's obituary in The Times: "Woa, mate, there's a policeman," he said when his partner called him for a short run while Royle was at cover point.[1] In 1919, when The Times was wanting to make a comparison with Jack Hobbs' prowess as a cover-point field, it cited Gilbert Jessop and Syd Gregory, two long-standing and famous cricketers, plus the relatively unknown Vernon Royle, as Hobbs' only equals.[8]
After cricket
[edit]After the tour he retired from cricket and took up full-time teaching at Elstree School, though he returned to Lancashire and to various amateur teams for occasional matches through to 1886 and as late as 1891 played for Lancashire in a game against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's. He later served as president of the Lancashire County Cricket Club.
He was ordained in 1892 when he was a schoolmaster at Elstree; he subsequently briefly became headmaster at Elstree before moving to Stanmore Park school, where he was headmaster from 1901 until his death.[1]
Publications
[edit]Royle kept a diary of his tour, which was published in 2001 as Lord Harris's Team in Australia 1878–79: The Diary of Vernon Royle.[9] In it he outlines the lavish welcome afforded the touring party. Royle also briefly mentions his views on the Sydney Riot of 1879.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Obituaries: The Rev Vernon Royle". The Times. No. 45209. London. 22 May 1929. p. 10.
- ^ "Vernon Royle". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ Ambrose D (2003) Lancashire player number 82 – Royle, Rev. Vernon Peter Fanshawe Archer, CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Scorecard: Middlesex v Oxford University". www.cricketarchive.com. 19 June 1876. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Scorecard: Kent v Lancashire". www.cricketarchive.com. 22 August 1878. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Scorecard: Australia v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 2 January 1879. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Deaths in 1929". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Vol. Part I (1930 ed.). Wisden. p. 262.
- ^ "Cricket Reminiscences: An England XI". The Times. No. 42152. London. 15 July 1919. p. 6.
- ^ Wisden 2002, p. 1535.
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