Augustus Orlebar (cricketer)

For the British military officer, see Augustus Orlebar.

Augustus Orlebar

Personal information
Full name	Augustus Orlebar
Born	14 June 1824 Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, England
Died	30 September 1912(1912-09-30) (aged 88) Willington, Bedfordshire, England
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1845	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 1 Batting average 0.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 1 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2020

Augustus Orlebar (14 June 1824 – 30 September 1912) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of Robert Charles Orlebar, he was born in June 1824 at Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire.^[1] He was educated at Rugby School,^[2] where he is considered to have been a candidate for the basis of the character Tom Brown in Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown's School Days,^[3] though Hughes' brother, George, seems a more plausible candidate.^[4] From Rugby, Orlebar went up to Wadham College, Oxford.^[1] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1845.^[5] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Oxford first innings for a single run by William Lillywhite, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by the same bowler.^[6]

After graduating from Oxford, Orlebar took holy orders in the Church of England. He was appointed rector of Farndish in Bedfordshire from 1852 to 1858, before serving as vicar of Willington from 1858 until his death there in September 1912.^[1][4] His grandson, also called Augustus, was an air vice-marshal in the Royal Air Force.

References

1. Foster, Joseph (1891). "Orlebar, Augustus". Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 1328.
2. The Rugby register, from the year 1675 to the present time. Rugby School. 1847. p. 259.
3. "Real Tom Brown Dies Hero of Rugby Fight; Mr. Orlebar's Death Recalls the Famous Bout in "Tom Brown's Schooldays."". The New York Times. 1 October 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
4. "Characters in Tom Brown's School Days". The Spectator. 20 December 1913. p. 20. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
5. "First-Class Matches played by Augustus Orlebar". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
6. "Oxford University v Marlyebone Cricket Club, 1845". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

External links

• Augustus Orlebar at ESPNcricinfo