Richard Keigwin
England
Full Name
Richard Prescott Keigwin
Born
April 08, 1883, Lexden, Colchester, Essex
Died
November 26, 1972, Polstead, Suffolk, (aged 89y 232d)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Slow
Education
Clifton College; Cambridge University
RELATIONS
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Richard Keigwin captained Clifton in 1901 and 1902 before going up to Cambridge, where he won his Blue at cricket from 1903 to 1906. He also represented the University at Association football, hockey and rackets. He later played cricket and football for Essex and Gloucestershire; hockey for Essex and England and lawn tennis for Gloucestershire. When in France for a time, he became an expert at pelota. He did much good work as a coach at the R.N.C., Osborne, and while a master at Clifton for 16 years and afterwards as Warden of Wills Hall, Bristol University. Rated one of the foremost translators of Danish writings into English, he became an authority on the works of Hans Christian Andersen and was made a Knight of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog.
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