Cecil Boyle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cecil Boyle

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1853

Place of Birth: Westminster, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1900

Profession: cricketer, rugby union player

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Cecil Boyle

  • Cecil William Boyle (16 March 1853 – 5 April 1900) was an English sportsman who played international rugby union for England and first-class cricket.
  • He was killed in action during the Second Boer War. Educated at Clifton College and University College, Oxford, Boyle played both cricket and rugby union for the University of Oxford.
  • In 1873 he became the first ever Oxford player to be capped for the England national rugby union team, appearing in a Test against Scotland in Glasgow.
  • He played five first-class cricket matches for Oxford University in the same year and once more in 1874.
  • As a fast round-arm bowler, Boyle took 30 wickets during his short first-class career, at an average of 10.30.
  • On his debut, against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) he took 7/40 in the first innings.
  • His match tally of nine wickets was bettered the next time Oxford University played the MCC, at Lord's, when he took 7/33 in the second innings after taking four in the first.
  • The maternal uncle of Test cricketer Lionel Tennyson, Boyle also took a first-class hattrick for Oxford University, against Middlesex.Boyle was a Captain in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (Oxfordshire Yeomanry), when in February 1900 he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Imperial Yeomanry for service in the Second Boer War.
  • He took 30 of his own horses with him to South Africa, where he served with the 10th Battalion.
  • In April 1900, he fought against French volunteers at Boshof and became the first member of the Imperial Yeomanry to be killed in action.

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