Henry Roll

Henry Roll

Personal information
Full name	Henry Trevor Roll
Born	18 March 1905 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Died	25 May 1967 (aged 62) Downend, Gloucestershire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Relations	Lawson Roll (grandson)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1927	Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 0 Batting average 0.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 0 Balls bowled 54 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 December 2011

Henry Trevor Roll (18 March 1905 – 25 May 1967) was a Scottish cricketer. Roll was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Alloa, Clackmannanshire.

Roll made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against the touring New Zealanders at Edgbaston in 1927.^[1] Roll was dismissed in Warwickshire's first-innings for a duck by Roger Blunt, while in their second-innings he wasn't required to bat. He also bowled nine wicketless overs in the New Zealanders first-innings, with the outcome of the match ending in a draw.^[2] This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire.

He died at Downend, Gloucestershire on 25 May 1967. His grandson Lawson Roll played a single first-class match for Gloucestershire in 1984.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Roll". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
2. "Warwickshire v New Zealanders, 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2011.

External links

• Henry Roll at ESPNcricinfo
• Henry Roll at CricketArchive