Full name Ronald Thomas Stanyforth
Born May 30, 1892, Chelsea, London
Died February 20, 1964, Kirk Hammerton Hall, Yorkshire (aged 71 years 266 days)
Major teams England, Oxford University, Yorkshire
Also known as Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Stanyforth
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 6* | 2.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
First-class | 61 | 79 | 16 | 1092 | 91 | 17.33 | 0 | 6 | 72 | 21 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Dec 24-27, 1927 scorecard |
Last Test | South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Jan 28-Feb 1, 1928 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class span | 1914 - 1933 |
By the death of Lieut.-Colonel R. T. Stanyforth in February cricket lost a
great and staunch adherent. Many cricketers in all parts of the world lost
a wonderful friend and companion. Rony Stanyforth was a cricketer all
his days, in the Eton XI of 1911 and narrowly missing a Blue on going up to
Oxford thereafter. A very well-known player in Army and Club cricket, he
was invited to go to South America with Plum Warner in 1926 and so impressed his captain that he was asked to accompany G. R. Jackson, as vice-captain, to South Africa the following year. When Jackson fell ill he was appointed to lead the side. A man of strong character, he found an ideal head professional in Ernest
Tyldesley, and few teams can have travelled as harmoniously as we of the MCC in 1927/8. Our first official function was a lunch in Cape Town at which we heard our captain make his first serious speech. In replying, General Smuts said, in the most graceful terms, that, whilst he expected decent sentiments from honest athletes, he was totally unprepared for oratory on the plane to which he had just listened. It was a tribute earned on every occasion upon which Stanyforth spoke. It was my good fortune to make many cricketing trips with Rony Stanyforth, to Holland, Egypt and to Germany. With his humour, warmth and fibre he was the most entertaining and convivial team-mate yet as captain, though unobtrusively, very much in command of the situation. In the affairs of cricket the same qualities made him a splendid administrator, dauntless in what he
regarded as being right, whether popular or not. Wherever he went he had a most
unusual quality of commanding respect as well as deep affection. It is pleasant
to record that when he revisited South Africa in recent years he received a
welcome which greatly moved and delighted him. Those who, as young men, travelled with him on his original visit have special cause to mourn.
Ian Peebles, The Cricketer