Richard Earle
English cricketer and cleric From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Bethell Earle (4 October 1827 – 2 April 1884) was an English cleric and cricketer.
Earle was born in Driffield, the son of the Rev. John Earle. His father ran a school at Watton Abbey, some miles north of Driffield, from 1830 to about 1840.[1][2]
Recorded in the 1851 census as a theology student in Joseph Baylee's college, Bidston, Earle was ordained in 1852 at St Aidan's College, Birkenhead, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He went to a curacy in Knockholt, Kent. In 1853 Earle was appointed headmaster of Southwell Collegiate Grammar School.[3][4][5][6][7]
In 1854 Earle became perpetual curate of Edingley, and in 1858 was he appointed vicar of Barnby in the Willows.[8][9]
Earle was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire, taking part in the Notts v Surrey match at Trent Bridge in July 1861.[11][12] He had taken part in the first match of the Free Foresters Cricket Club, in July 1856, for their opponents the Pilgrims of the Dee.[13] He played for Nottingham County against Free Foresters in 1859 and in 1860, when he scored freely;[14] and for Free Foresters against Gentleman of Notts in 1871.[15] He played for Gentlemen of the North against Gentlemen of the South in 1858, at the Oval.[16]
Earle married in 1871 Julia M. Beaver, daughter of J. A. Beaver.[17]
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