William Inge (priest, born 1829)

William Inge (4 July 1829 – 23 May 1903) was an English clergyman and academic, who became the Provost of Worcester College, Oxford. He was also a first-class cricketer.

William Inge

Personal information
Full name	William Inge
Born	4 July 1829 Kegworth, Leicestershire, England
Died	23 May 1903(1903-05-23) (aged 73) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Relations	Francis Inge (brother) John Inge (brother) Will Inge (grandson)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1853	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 20 Batting average 10.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 13* Balls bowled ? Wickets 7 Bowling average ? 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/? Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2020

The son of Rev. Charles Inge and his wife Mary Anne Oldershaw, he was born in July 1829 at Kegworth, Leicestershire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School,^[1] matriculating at Worcester College, Oxford in 1849, graduating B.A. in 1853.^[2] While studying at Oxford, Inge made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1853, appearing against Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club.^[3] In the match against Cambridge, he took a five wicket haul.^[4]

Inge was elected a Fellow of Worcester College in 1853, a position he held until his resignation in 1859.^[5] He took holy orders in the Church of England in 1857, with his first ecclesiastical posting being at Crayke, North Yorkshire as curate, a post he held until 1875. He took up the post of vicar at Alrewas, Staffordshire in 1875, which he held until 1881.^[1] Inge was the provost of Worcester College from 1881 until his death at Oxford in May 1903.^[1][6]

Family

In 1859, Inge married Susanna Mary Churton, daughter of Edward Churton, Archdeacon of Cleveland. They had three sons and three daughters:^[7]

• William Ralph Inge (1860–1954), theologian, Dean of St Paul's
• Edward Churton Inge (1864–1865), died in infancy
• Charles Cuthbert Inge (1868–1937), Vicar of St Giles' Church, Oxford
• Agnes Sophia Inge
• Mary Caroline Inge (died 1896), unmarried
• Mary Anne Inge, died in infancy

Inge's brothers, Francis and John, both played first-class cricket, as did his grandson Will Inge.

References

1. Auden, J. E. (1909). Shrewsbury School Register. Woodhall, Minshall, &, Co., Claxton Press. p. 139.
2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Inge, William (3)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
3. "First-Class Matches played by William Inge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
4. "First-class Bowling Against Each Opponent William Inge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. Dodsley, J. (1904). Annual Register. p. 133.
6. "Wisden - Obitauries in 1903". ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
7. Denny, Henry Lyttelton Lyster (1913). Memorials of an Ancient House: A History of the Family of Lister or Lyster. p. 137. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

External links

• William Inge at ESPNcricinfo

Academic offices
Preceded by Richard Lynch Cotton	Provost of Worcester College, Oxford 1881 to 1903	Succeeded by Henry Daniel