Conrad Wallroth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Conrad Wallroth

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 12-May-1851

Place of Birth: Lee, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-Feb-1926

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Conrad Wallroth

  • Conrad Adolphus Wallroth (12 May 1851 – 22 February 1926) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University between 1872 and 1874, Kent in 1872 and Derbyshire in 1879.
  • He was a right-handed batsman and played 36 innings in 21 first-class games with a top score of 109 and an average of 17.02.
  • He occasionally kept wicket.Wallroth was born in Lee, then in Kent.
  • He was educated at Harrow School, playing in the Eton-Harrow match in 1870, and went on to study at Brasenose College, Oxford.
  • In 1871 he made his first-class debut playing against Oxford University for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and represented various other sides including Brasenose College and Gentlemen of England in that season.
  • In the 1872 season he played for the Oxford University team including in the Varsity match, and at the end of the season put in an appearance for Kent.
  • He played for Oxford University in 1873 when he scored 109 against Middlesex and appeared in the winning Varsity match side.
  • Oxford won the Varsity match again in 1874, which was Wallroth's last season.
  • In 1876 he appeared for the Gentlemen of the South, and by 1878 had moved to Derbyshire where he lived at Mickleover.
  • He played a non-qualifying match against Uppingham for Derbyshire in 1878 and played three first-class games for Derbyshire in the 1879 season.
  • He also played a number of games that year for the Harrow School old boys team, one of which was against Derbyshire when the Harrow Wanderers beat the county side.
  • In 1880 he played a game for Gentlemen of Derbyshire against Gentlemen of Canada. Wallroth, died at Compton Grange Godalming, Surrey at the age of 74.
  • Wallroth's sister Louisa married Alfred Lubbock a Kent cricketer.

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