Claude Magnay

Claudius Stephen Magnay (8 May 1819 – 17 December 1870), known as Claude, was an English clergyman, a writer, and a cricketer who played first-class cricket in a single match for Cambridge University in 1841.[1] He was born at Clapham, London and died at Bedford.

Magnay was the son of Christopher Magnay who was Lord Mayor of London in 1821-22 and the brother of Sir William Magnay, 1st Baronet, who was Lord Mayor in 1843.[2] He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and at Clare College, Cambridge.[2] While at Cambridge University, he made a single appearance for the university cricket team in a match at Lord's against Marylebone Cricket Club; he batted at No 11 and failed to score in either innings, being not out once.[1] The scorecard for the match is incomplete and it is not known if he bowled.

After graduating from Cambridge, Magnay was ordained as a clergyman in the Church of England; he was curate at parishes in Hampshire, Dorset and, from 1857 to his death in 1870, at Hemyock in Devon.[2] He was also a published author and poet; among his books is a novel, Reginald Græme, or Visible and Invisible.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Claude Magnay". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Claudius Magnay". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 290. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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