William Garnett (cricketer)

William Bishton Garnett (27 June 1816 – 11 January 1903) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

William Garnett
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Bishton Garnett
Born27 June 1816
Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Died11 January 1903(1903-01-11) (aged 86)
Shifnal, Shropshire, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1839Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 22
Batting average 11.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 12
Catches/stumpings 1/–
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 going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[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 twce 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
  1. Auden, J. E. (1909). Shrewsbury School Register. Woodhall, Minshall, &, Co., Claxton Press. p. 66.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 135.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by William Garnett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1839". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  5. "No. 22785". The London Gazette. 3 November 1863. p. 5193.
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