Robert Battiscombe

Robert Samuel Battiscombe (13 April 1799 – 13 March 1881) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Cambridge University who was active in the 1820s. He is recorded in two matches from 1819 to 1821, totalling 29 runs with a highest score of 17.[1]

Battiscombe was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.[2] He was admitted to the Bar as a lawyer in 1827, but later became a Church of England clergyman, serving as vicar of Barkway with Reed, Hertfordshire, from 1840 to his death in 1881.[2]

References
  1. "Robert Battiscombe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. "Alumni Cantabrigienses". archive.org. Retrieved 10 August 2013.


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