Robert Bayford
Robert Augustus Bayford QC (13 March 1838 – 24 August 1922) was an English cricketer and barrister.
Biography
[edit]Bayford was born in Albury, Surrey, and educated at Kensington Grammar School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[1] He played cricket for eleven different teams at 30 first-class matches from 1857 to 1867, but was mostly involved with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was a right-handed batsman and occasional wicketkeeper who bowled roundarm slow pace. He scored 822 runs with a highest score of 92 and held seven catches with four stumpings. He took twelve wickets with a best analysis of four for 42.[2]
After Cambridge, Bayford studied law at the Inner Temple. He was called to the Bar in 1863 and became a QC in 1885.[3]
He died at Netley Hill, Botley, Hampshire.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Bayford, Robert Augustus (BFRT855RA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Robert Bayford at CricketArchive
- ^ "No. 25486". The London Gazette. 8 July 1885. p. 3061.
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