Richard Power (cricketer)

Richard Wood Power FRCSI (2 February 1896 – 3 March 1978) was an Irish first-class cricketer.

Power was born at Dublin in February 1896, and was educated in the city at Clongowes Wood College.[1] He studied surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, graduating with an MB in 1920.[1] He played his club cricket in Dublin for Dublin University Cricket Club and Phoenix,[1] Power made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1920.[2] He played in the same fixture the following season at Dublin.[2] His next first-class appearance for Ireland came in 1925 on their tour of England and Wales, when he appeared against Wales at Llandudno.[2] He toured England and Wales with Ireland the following year, making his final appearance in first-class cricket against Oxford University at Oxford.[2] Across his four first-class matches, Power scored 78 runs at an average of 13.00, with a highest score of 30.[3] He left Ireland shortly after to practice surgery in England.[1] He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps.[4] He died at Fownhope in England in March 1978.