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Full name | Roualeyn Charles Rossiter Cumming | ||||||||||||||
Born | 2 November 1891 Calne, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 6 February 1981 Droxford, Hampshire, England | (aged 89)||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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1921/22 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 8 November 2021 |
Roualeyn Charles Rossiter Cumming CIE (2 November 1891 – 6 February 1981) was an English first-class cricketer and colonial police officer.
The son of R. C. Cumming, he was born at Calne in November 1891. Cumming was educated at St Paul's School, London. [1] He joined the Colonial Police Service in British India in 1911 as an assistant superintendent. [2] Cumming played first-class cricket in India for the Europeans against the Indians at Madras in the 1922 Madras Presidency Match. [3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Europeans first innings for a single run by M. Venkataramanjulu, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by T. Vasu Nayudu. [4]
In the colonial police he was promoted to superintendent in April 1922, with him being appointed a deputy inspector-general of police in August 1935. In 1937, he was appointed inspector-general of police and joint secretary in the Home Department of Assam Province. [2] Cumming was made a Companion to the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1942 Birthday Honours and was decorated with the King's Police and Fire Service Medal during the Second World War. [2] [5] Cumming died in England in February 1981 at Droxford, Hampshire.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Roualeyn Charles Rossiter Cumming | ||||||||||||||
Born | 2 November 1891 Calne, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 6 February 1981 Droxford, Hampshire, England | (aged 89)||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1921/22 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 8 November 2021 |
Roualeyn Charles Rossiter Cumming CIE (2 November 1891 – 6 February 1981) was an English first-class cricketer and colonial police officer.
The son of R. C. Cumming, he was born at Calne in November 1891. Cumming was educated at St Paul's School, London. [1] He joined the Colonial Police Service in British India in 1911 as an assistant superintendent. [2] Cumming played first-class cricket in India for the Europeans against the Indians at Madras in the 1922 Madras Presidency Match. [3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Europeans first innings for a single run by M. Venkataramanjulu, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by T. Vasu Nayudu. [4]
In the colonial police he was promoted to superintendent in April 1922, with him being appointed a deputy inspector-general of police in August 1935. In 1937, he was appointed inspector-general of police and joint secretary in the Home Department of Assam Province. [2] Cumming was made a Companion to the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1942 Birthday Honours and was decorated with the King's Police and Fire Service Medal during the Second World War. [2] [5] Cumming died in England in February 1981 at Droxford, Hampshire.