Edward Kenney (cricketer)
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| Full name | Edward Maxwell Kenney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1845 Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 1916 (aged 70) Ealing, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1865–1868 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 June 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edward Maxwell Kenney (10 December 1845 – 24 January 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.
The son of The Reverend Arthur Robert Kenney,[1] he was born in December 1845 at Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire. He was educated at Rugby School,[2] before going up to Merton College, Oxford in 1864, from which he transferred to Charsley's Hall, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut at Oxford against Southgate in 1865. Kenney played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1868, making seventeen appearances.[4] An all-rounder, who bowled left-arm roundarm fast,[5] Kenney took 66 wickets for Oxford at an average of 15.05.[6] In three appearances against Cambridge in The University Match, he took 22 wickets; his career best figures came in the 1866 fixture, where he took 6 for 51 in the Cambridge first innings and 8 for 68 in their second.[5] Described by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as a right-handed batsman who was a “good and free hitter”,[5] he scored 204 runs at an average of 9.27. He recorded one score of over fifty,[7] making 64 runs against Surrey while batting at number ten.[8]
After graduating from Oxford, Kenney became a schoolteacher and was for some time an assistant master at Bromsgrove School.[3] He was appointed an H. M. Inspector of Schools in 1874. He added Herbert to his surname in 1875, becoming known as Edward Maxwell Kenney-Herbert. He was elected a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1882 and was also a member of the Free Foresters.[5] In 1901, Kenney was appointed to be a chief inspector for the Board of Education, in addition to being a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire.[2] He died at Ealing in January 1916, a little under two months before the death of his brother, Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert.[5]
References
- ^ "Edward Maxwell Kenney-Herbert". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ a b Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. Vol. 2. A. J. Lawrence. p. 161.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 787.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Kenney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Wisden - Other deaths in 1916". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Kenney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Kenney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Surrey v Oxford University, 1868". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.