Country: | England |
Fullname: | Rowland Raw |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1884 |
Birth Place: | Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal |
Death Place: | Suvla, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 48 |
Bat Avg1: | 24.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 47 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Date: | 22 June |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19595.html Cricinfo |
Rowland Raw (16 July 1884 - 7 August 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Raw was born at Pietermaritzburg in the Colony of Natal to George and Edith Raw.[1] He was educated in England at Clifton College,[2] before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, though he did not represent the university in cricket.[1] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England when he played two matches against Cambridge University at Crystal Palace in June 1905.[3] He scored 48 runs across his two matches, with a high score of 47.[4] After leaving Cambridge he married Mary Raw of Witley, Surrey.[1] He served in the First World War with the Lancashire Fusiliers, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in December 1914. He sailed from Liverpool in July 1915 to take part in the Gallipoli Campaign, where he was killed in action at Suvla on 7 August 1915.[1] He was buried at the Hill 10 Cemetery.[1]