William Bishton Garnett (27 June 1816 – 11 January 1903) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
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| Full name | William Bishton Garnett | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1816 Nantwich, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 January 1903 (aged 86) Shifnal, Shropshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1839 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2020 | |||||||||||||||
The son of The Reverend William Garnett senior, he was born at Nantwich in June 1817. He was educated at Shrewsbury School,[1] before matriculating at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1835, graduating B.A. in 1840 and M.A. in 1853.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1839.[3] Batting twice in the match, Garnett was dismissed for 10 runs by William Bonsey in the Oxford first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 12 runs by James Cobbett.[4] Garnett was also a member of the Oxford University Boat Club and was a cox for the Oxford team in the 1840 Boat Race.[1]
After graduating from Oxford, Garnett took holy orders in the Church of England, becoming a preacher at Bunbury from 1853–63, and was later a justice of the peace for both Montgomeryshire and Shropshire.[1] He changed his name by royal license to William Bishton Garnett Botfield in 1863, following the death of his cousin Beriah Botfield who had died without issue.[5] Garnett died at Shifnal in January 1903.
References
edit- ^ a b c Auden, J. E. (1909). Shrewsbury School Register. Woodhall, Minshall, &, Co., Claxton Press. p. 66.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Garnett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1839". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "No. 22785". The London Gazette. 3 November 1863. p. 5193.