Thomas Rolph (cricketer)

Thomas Lawford Rolph (13 February 1840 – 5 September 1876) was a Canadian-born lawyer and a cricketer who played in a single first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1860.[1] He was born in Dundas, Canada, and died at Gloucester in England.

Thomas Rolph
Personal information
Full nameThomas Lawford Rolph
Born(1840-02-13)13 February 1840
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Died5 September 1876(1876-09-05) (aged 36)
Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
RelationsGeorge Rolph (father)
John Rolph (uncle)
Alfred Renshaw (brother-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1860Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 0
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 25 April 2020

The elder son of the Canadian politician George Rolph, Thomas Rolph was educated in England at Cheltenham College and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2] He played cricket as a middle-order batsman for his school, but when selected for a single match for Cambridge University against the Cambridge Town Club he failed to score in either innings and was not picked again.[3] He played a few minor cricket matches for amateur sides both during his time at Cambridge and afterwards, but played no more first-class cricket.[1]

Rolph graduated from Cambridge University in 1863 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[2] He became a solicitor and was part of the London firm of Renshaw and Rolph, with offices in Cannon Street.[2] He married Edith Anna Renshaw on 8 December 1875.[4]

He died in Barnwood, Gloucestershire on 5 September 1876, aged 36.

His brother-in-law Alfred Renshaw played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1871.

References
  1. "Thomas Rolph". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Thomas Rolph". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 349. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club". www.cricketarchive.com. 10 May 1860. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  4. "Thomas Lawford Rolph". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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