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| Full name | Thomas Lawford Rolph | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1840 Dundas, Upper Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 September 1876 (aged 36) Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Rolph (father) John Rolph (uncle) Alfred Renshaw (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1860 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricket Archive,25 April 2020 | |||||||||||||||
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.
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.
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