Stirling Voules, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Stirling Voules

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1843

Place of Birth: West Chinnock, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-May-1923

Profession: priest, cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Stirling Voules

  • Stirling Cookesley Voules (4 January 1843 – 6 May 1923) was an English first-class cricketer, educator and clergyman. The son of the Reverend Francis Plimley Voules, he was born in January 1843 at Middle Chinnock, Somerset.
  • He was educated at Marlborough College, where he captained the college cricket team.
  • From Marlborough he studied at Lincoln College, Oxford.
  • His debut in first-class cricket came for the Gentlemen of the South against the Gentlemen of the North at The Oval in 1862.
  • He debuted for Oxford University the following year against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Oxford.
  • He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1866, making sixteen appearances.
  • Playing as an all-rounder, Voules scored 423 runs in his sixteen matches at an average of 19.22 and a high score of 56.
  • With his right-arm roundarm fast bowling, he took 29 wickets at a bowling average of 10.75, with best figures of 7 for 26.
  • These figures, one of two five wicket hauls that he took for Oxford, came against Cambridge in a match winning performance in The University Match of 1863.
  • Voules gained a blue in cricket while playing for Oxford in his freshman year.
  • During his time at Oxford, he also played first-class cricket for the Gentlemen on three occasions between 1863–66 in the Gentlemen v Players fixture, and the for the Gentlemen of England and the MCC once each in 1865.He graduated in 1866 and shortly after became a priest in the Church of England.
  • Voules made his final appearance in first-class cricket in 1867, when he played for Southgate against Oxford University.
  • Prior to taking a clerical post with the church, Voules was employed as a schoolteacher.
  • He was an assistant master at Rossall School in 1869, before becoming an assistant master at Marlborough College in 1873.
  • He was appointed as the principle of Sydney College, Bath in 1874, holding the post until 1879.
  • He took a clerical position as the rector of Ashley in 1879, a position he held until 1894.
  • He moved to Yorkshire in 1894, where he took up the position of rector at Rise.
  • In 1900, Voules returned to Bristol, where he was the rector of Keynsham until 1908.
  • He later served on the council of Marlborough College in 1913.
  • Voules died in London at Maida Hill in May 1923.
  • His brother was Sir Gordon Blennerhassett Voules, a clerk to the admiralty.

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