Kingsmill Key
Sir Kingsmill James Key, 4th Baronet (11 October 1864 – 9 August 1932) was an English cricketer. He was educated at Clifton College[1] and Oriel College, Oxford.[2] In the course of a long career he played for, among others, Surrey County Cricket Club (whom he captained for several years in the 1890s), Oxford University, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Gentlemen.
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His highest score of 281, for Oxford against Middlesex at Chiswick Park in 1887, remains as of 2012 the highest first-class score made for the university.[3]
Key was born in Streatham Common, London. He died at the age of 67 in Wittersham, Kent, having contracted blood poisoning after an insect bite.[4]
His cousin, Leslie Gay, played one Test match for England.
References
- "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p53: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
- KEY, Sir Kingsmill James, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- "Most Runs in an Innings for Oxford University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1933
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Preceded by John Kingsmill Causton Key |
Baronet (of Thornbury and Denmark Hill) 1926–1932 |
Extinct |
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