Minor Counties Players War Deaths

ROBERTS; Ernest Samuel [Kent 2 nd XI 1911] b Tonbridge, Kent 1889 d near Armentieres, Nord, France 19.8.1916. LHB. Shopkeeper. Private 2 nd /1 st Kent Cyclist Battalion. Bat 8-13-3-239-43-23.90 ct 2 ROBERTS; Francis Bernard [Oxfordshire 1901-1903] b Anjaneri Hill, Nashik, Maharashtra, India 20.5.1882 d St Julien, Ypres, Belgium 8.2.1916. RHB, RF. FC: Cambridge University and Gloucestershire. Brother of AW Roberts [Gloucestershire, England XI, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire]. Hockey [Cambridge University]. Schoolmaster. Captain 9 th Battalion The Prince Consort’s Own [Rifle Brigade]. Bat 9-15-1-69-26-4.92 ct 7 Bowl 337-7-48.14-4/74 ROBINS; Guy Bentinck [Cambridgeshire 1903, Suffolk 1906-1907] b Moulton, Suffolk 11.6.1882 d Baillieu, Nord, France 22.6.1915. Brother of GPM Robins [Cambridge University]. Farmer. Serjeant 7 th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Cambridgeshire: Bat 1-2-1-3-3*-3.00 Bowl 35-1-35.00-1/35 Suffolk: Bat 2-4-1-49-25*-16.33 ct 1 RODERICK; Hume Buckley [Carmarthenshire 1908] b Llanelli, Carmarthenshire 17.6.1887 d Nord, France 1.12.1917. Solicitor. Captain commanding No 3 Company 1 st Battalion Welsh Guards. Bat 2-4-0-13-10-3.25 Bowl 12-0 ROGERS; Reginald [Cornwall 1904-1913] b Falmouth, Cornwall 1882 d Somme, France 15.9.1916. Preparatory School Joint Headmaster. Second Lieutenant 7 th Battalion Rifle Brigade. Bat 26-44-1-957-80-22.25-0-6 ct 18 Bowl 0-0 ROTHERY; James William [Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1900-1907] b Staincliffe, Yorkshire 5.9.1876 d Beckett Park, Leeds, Yorkshire 2.6.1919. RHB. FC: Yorkshire and J Bamford’s XI. Other: Durham. Cricket Professional. Private 1 st Battalion The Buffs [East Kent Regiment]. Bat 20-36-3-985-114-29.84-1-5 ct 9 ROWE; Ernest Fentiman [Bedfordshire 1895-1903, Berkshire 1907-1911] b Felsted, Essex 27.1.1866 d Bayswater, Middlesex 14.4.1918. WK. Other: Essex. Son of AW Rowe [Cambridge Town & Cambridge University] & brother of FE Rowe [Essex and Cambridge University Past & Present]. Major 2 nd Beds Regiment but also shown as 1 st Garrison Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Bedfordshire: Bat 12-17-3-121-29-8.64 ct 8 st 6 Bowl 0-0 Berkshire: Bat 35-58-7-762-66-14.94-0-4 ct 34 st 29 RUSHBROOKE; Bartle Davers [Suffolk 1913] b Rushbrooke, Suffolk 24.9.1892 d Zonnebeke Canal, Ypres, Belgium 25.5.1915. Son RWJ Rushbrooke [Suffolk]. Football [Bury St Edmunds]. Captain 3 rd Battalion attached 2 nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Bat 3-6-0-32-23-5.33 SCHWARZ; Reginald Oscar ‘Reggie’ [Oxfordshire 1899-1900] b Lee, Kent 4.5.1875 d Etaples, Pas-de-Calais, France 18.11.1918. RHB, OB, RM. FC: South Africa, MCC, Middlesex, Transvaal, AJ Webbe’s XI, BJT Bosanquet’s XI, HDG Leveson-Gower’s XI, South Africans, Gentlemen, South Africa to Australia Touring Team and LG Robinson’s XI. Other: Minor Counties. Rugby Union [England, Barbarians, Richmond and Cambridge University]. Stockbroker. Major 6 th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps attached HQ 1st Echelon. MC. Bat 6-10-0-340-86-34.00-0-3 ct 1 Bowl 165-7-23.57-3/43 SHAW; Bernard Henry Gilbert [Buckinghamshire 1911-1913] b Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire 11.10.1893 d near Neuve Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France 18.12.1914. WK. Son of ED Shaw [Oxford University, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire]. Brother of EA Shaw & RJ Shaw [Royal Navy, Combined Services, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire]. Uncle of B Boobyer [Oxford University]. Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment [Prince of Wales's Own]. Bat 11-17-0-235-65-13.82-0-2 ct 2 st 4 SHAW; Edward Alfred [Buckinghamshire 1908-1914] b Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire 16.5.1892 d Le Sars, Pas-de- Calais, France 7.10.1916. RHB, WK. FC: Oxford University. Son of ED Shaw [Oxford University, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire]. Brother of BHG Shaw & RJ Shaw [Royal Navy, Combined Services, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire]. Uncle of B Boobyer [Oxford University]. Captain 6 th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Bat 17-30-1-574-117-19.79-1-3 ct 23 st 4 Bowl 4-0 SHAW; JohnWilliam ‘Jack’ [Northamptonshire 1903-1904] b Northampton 19.8.1879 d Somme, France 21.3.1918. WK. Elementary Schoolmaster. Second Lieutenant 7 th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. MC. Bat 3-4-1-7-7-2.33 ct 2 SIMPSON; Harold Herman [Cheshire 1914] b Langley, Macclesfield, Cheshire 1881 d Grandcourt, Somme, France 18.11.1916. LHB. Other: Staffordshire. Machine Clerk. Lance Serjeant 8 th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. Bat 1-2-0-5-3-2.50 SLATER; Leonard [Devon 1896-1904] b Instow, Devon 11.10.1875 d Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France 14.9.1914. FC: Gentlemen of the South. Other: Peshawar and Northern Punjab. Father of JFD Slater [Devon]. Captain 2 nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Bat 7-13-2-106-33-9.63 ct 2