Rob Tillard

John Robert Tillard (26 May 1924 – 16 December 2019) was an English cricketer. Tillard was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Kensington, London in May 1924 and educated at Winchester College, later serving in the British Army.

Rob Tillard
Personal information
Full nameJohn Robert Tillard
Born(1924-05-26)26 May 1924
Kensington, London, England
Died16 December 2019(2019-12-16) (aged 95)
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1949Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 3
Batting average 1.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 3
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 December 2011

Tillard was enlisted into the British Army as an Emergency Commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1943.[1] He held the rank of 2nd Lieutenant throughout World War II, following the war he was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1947.[2] Tillard made a single first-class cricket appearance for Sussex against Oxford University at the University Parks in 1949.[3] In Sussex's first-innings, he was dismissed for 3 runs by Abdul Kardar, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by George Chesterton. Oxford University won the match by an innings and 9 runs.[4] This was his only major appearance for Sussex. By 1951, he was promoted to Captain, while still serving at this time in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.[5] He continued to serve in the Army until at least 1957, the year in which he played for the British Army cricket team against Oxford University, though the match wasn't rated as first-class.[6] He died after a short illness in December 2019 at the age of 95.[7]

References
  1. "No. 36186". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 September 1943. p. 4303.
  2. "No. 37939". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 April 1947. p. 1816.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by John Tillard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  4. "Oxford University v Sussex, 1949". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  5. "No. 39234". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 May 1951. p. 2859.
  6. "Teams John Tillard played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  7. Telegraph Deaths Announcements: TILLARD, John Robert (Rob)
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