Rowland Powell-Williams
Rowland Powell-Williams (8 January 1872 – 16 December 1951) was an English
Powell-Williams was the son of
Powell-Williams was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, where he was in the school cricket team, and he played for Warwickshire's "Club and Ground" side from 1890 as a middle-order right-handed batsman.[1] He played for Warwickshire in 1893, before the club was accorded first-class status, and then reappeared in five games in 1897 and 1898; he had limited success, with his highest score being 38 when he opened the second innings in the game against Gloucestershire in 1897.[2] Further appearances were limited by his career as a barrister in London, where he lived and played club cricket at Beckenham: two of his five Warwickshire games were away matches against Kent, and his two single first-class appearances for London County in 1902 and MCC in 1905 both took place at London County's ground at Crystal Palace Park, very close to his Beckenham home.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Rowland Powell-Williams". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Scorecard: Gloucestershire v Warwickshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 16 August 1897. Retrieved 10 November 2015.