Oswestry is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads.
The Wenlock Olympian Games, dating from 1850, are a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games. They are organised by the Wenlock Olympian Society (WOS), and are held each year at venues across Shropshire, England, centred on the little market town of Much Wenlock. One of the two mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympics was named Wenlock in honour of the Wenlock Olympian Games.
William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman, PC, JP, DL was a British Conservative politician and peer. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1922 and 1924.
William Douglas Rudge is an English cricketer. He was educated at Clifton College. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who has played List A and first-class cricket for Gloucestershire. He had previously played for the Gloucestershire Cricket Board during 2002/03. He is now playing Minor Counties cricket for Herefordshire, and made an impressive debut against Shropshire at Eastnor.
William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney PC, was an India-born English sportsman, soldier and politician.
William Rupert Rees-Davies QC was a British Conservative politician.
William Edward Colebrooke Hutchings was an English amateur cricketer who played in 24 first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club and Worcestershire County Cricket Club at the turn of the twentieth century. He served in the Army Service Corps attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery during World War I in Egypt and on the Western Front where he was wounded.
Frederick Thomas Green was a Welsh-born English footballer who won the FA Cup with Oxford University in 1874 and with Wanderers in 1877 and 1878. He also made one appearance for England in 1876 against Scotland. He was described by Charles William Alcock as "a reliable half-back, being a sure kick and never irresolute".
Jack David Shantry is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Worcestershire.
William Henry Davies was a Welsh amateur footballer who made four appearances for the Wales national football team in the 1870s and 1880s, and scored his country's first international goal.
Nicholas Mark Davies is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
John Trevor Davies is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Stephen Clifford Gale is a former English cricketer and current umpire. Gale was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Mark Robert Davies is a former English cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Colonel William Baume Capper CVO was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
William Kemmey was an English cricketer. Kemmey was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Atcham, Shropshire.
William Digby Owen was a Welsh amateur footballer who played as a forward in the first international match between Wales and England in January 1879. He played his club football for Oswestry, for whom he also played cricket. He later became a private tutor and died of pneumonia in his early forties.
Keith Edward Kissack MBE was a British schoolteacher and historian. He is notable for his many publications on the history of Monmouth and Monmouthshire.
Samuel Llyr Davies is a Welsh cricketer. Davies is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace. He was born at Neath, Glamorgan, and was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera School and Neath College.
William Wingfield was a Welsh-born clergyman and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1855 and 1862. He was born at Newtown, Powys and died at Shrewsbury, Shropshire.