Kingsmill Key

Sir Kingsmill James Key, 4th Bt.
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed batsman
Bowling	Right arm off-break
International information
National side	English;
Career statistics
Matches	368
Runs scored	13,008
Batting average	26.22
100s/50s	13/60
Top score	281
Balls bowled	641
Wickets	12
Bowling average	28.08
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	2-32
Catches/stumpings	113/0
	Source: CricketArchive

Sir Kingsmill James Key, 4th Baronet (11 October 1864 – 9 August 1932) was an English cricketer. He was educated at Clifton College and Oriel College, Oxford.^[1] In the course of a long career he played for, among others, Surrey County Cricket Club (whom he captained for several years in the 1890s), Oxford University, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Gentlemen.

His highest score of 281, for Oxford against Middlesex at Chiswick Park in 1887, remains as of 2012 the highest first-class score made for the university.^[2]

Key was born in Streatham Common, London. He died at the age of 67 in Wittersham, Kent, having contracted blood poisoning after an insect bite.^[3]

His cousin, Leslie Gay, played one Test match for England.

References

^ KEY, Sir Kingsmill James, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
^ "Most Runs in an Innings for Oxford University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
^ Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1933

External links

Statistical summary from CricketArchive

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Kingsmill Causton Key	Baronet (of Thornbury and Denmark Hill) 1926–1932	Extinct

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[1] KEY, Sir Kingsmill James, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)

[2] "Most Runs in an Innings for Oxford University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2008.

[3] Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1933

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