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Full name | Robert Augustus De Lasaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Canterbury, Kent | 24 November 1834||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 December 1914 Canterbury, Kent | (aged 80)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1858 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 22 August 2012 |
Robert Augustus de Lasaux (24 November 1834 – 7 December 1914) was an English amateur cricketer. He was born at Canterbury in Kent in 1834, the son of the city coroner and was educated in Canterbury and in Kennington. [1] [2] [3]
De Lasaux made his first-class debut for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1858. He made two further known first-class appearances in 1858, one for Kent County Cricket Club against England and another for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at the St Lawrence Ground. [4] He was one of the original members of the amateur Band of Brothers cricket team and of St Lawrence Cricket Club in Canterbury [1] [2] and was described in his Wisden obituary as "a good fast-medium round-armed bowler" and a "very smart" fielder. [2]
De Lasaux died at Canterbury in 1914 aged 80. [2] His obituary in The Times records that he was "an expert diabolo player" as a youth and had revived his skills for an exhibition in 1907. [1]
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Full name | Robert Augustus De Lasaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Canterbury, Kent | 24 November 1834||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 December 1914 Canterbury, Kent | (aged 80)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1858 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 22 August 2012 |
Robert Augustus de Lasaux (24 November 1834 – 7 December 1914) was an English amateur cricketer. He was born at Canterbury in Kent in 1834, the son of the city coroner and was educated in Canterbury and in Kennington. [1] [2] [3]
De Lasaux made his first-class debut for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1858. He made two further known first-class appearances in 1858, one for Kent County Cricket Club against England and another for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at the St Lawrence Ground. [4] He was one of the original members of the amateur Band of Brothers cricket team and of St Lawrence Cricket Club in Canterbury [1] [2] and was described in his Wisden obituary as "a good fast-medium round-armed bowler" and a "very smart" fielder. [2]
De Lasaux died at Canterbury in 1914 aged 80. [2] His obituary in The Times records that he was "an expert diabolo player" as a youth and had revived his skills for an exhibition in 1907. [1]