William Garnett (cricketer)

William Bishton Garnett (27 June 1816 – 11 January 1903) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

William Garnett

Personal information
Full name	William Bishton Garnett
Born	27 June 1816 Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Died	11 January 1903(1903-01-11) (aged 86) Shifnal, Shropshire, England
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1839	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 22 Batting average 11.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 12 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2020

The son of The Reverend William Garnett senior, he was born at Nantwich in June 1817. He was educated at Shrewsbury School,^[1] before matriculating at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1835, graduating B.A. in 1840 and M.A. in 1853.^[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1839.^[3] Batting twice in the match, Garnett was dismissed for 10 runs by William Bonsey in the Oxford first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 12 runs by James Cobbett.^[4] Garnett was also a member of the Oxford University Boat Club and was a cox for the Oxford team in the 1840 Boat Race.^[1]

After graduating from Oxford, Garnett took holy orders in the Church of England, becoming a preacher at Bunbury from 1853–63, and was later a justice of the peace for both Montgomeryshire and Shropshire.^[1] He changed his name by royal license to William Bishton Garnett Botfield in 1863, following the death of his cousin Beriah Botfield who had died without issue.^[5] Garnett died at Shifnal in January 1903.

References

1. Auden, J. E. (1909). Shrewsbury School Register. Woodhall, Minshall, &, Co., Claxton Press. p. 66.
2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Botfield, Rev. William Bishton Garnett" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
3. "First-Class Matches played by William Garnett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
4. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1839". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
5. "No. 22785". The London Gazette. 3 November 1863. p. 5193.

External links

• William Garnett at ESPNcricinfo