Henry Roll
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| Full name | Henry Trevor Roll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1905 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 May 1967 (aged 62) Downend, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Lawson Roll (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1927 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henry Trevor Roll (18 March 1905 – 25 May 1967) was a Scottish cricketer. Roll was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
Roll made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against the touring New Zealanders at Edgbaston in 1927.[1] Roll was dismissed in Warwickshire's first-innings for a duck by Roger Blunt, while in their second-innings he wasn't required to bat. He also bowled nine wicketless overs in the New Zealanders first-innings, with the outcome of the match ending in a draw.[2] This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire.
He died at Downend, Gloucestershire on 25 May 1967. His grandson Lawson Roll played a single first-class match for Gloucestershire in 1984.
References
[edit]- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Roll". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
- ^ "Warwickshire v New Zealanders, 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
External links
[edit]- Henry Roll at ESPNcricinfo
- Henry Roll at CricketArchive