Robert Lang (cricketer)

Robert Lang

Personal information
Full name	Robert Lang
Born	6 April 1840 Jessore, India
Died	23 March 1908 (aged 67) Woodham Walter, Essex
Bowling style	Fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1860–1862	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 11 Runs scored 180 Batting average 12.00 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 63 Balls bowled 1097 Wickets 28 Bowling average 16.56 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 5/4 Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 4 November 2013

Robert Lang (born 6 April 1840 at Jessore, India; died 23 March 1908 at Woodham Walter, Essex) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1860 to 1862 for Cambridge University.

Lang was educated at Harrow, where he captained the cricket team in 1858 and 1859, and at Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1] He made 11 appearances in first-class matches: eight for Cambridge and three for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series.

By the standards of the day he was considered a "tremendously fast" bowler.^[2] In the 1860 match against Oxford University he took 1 for 9 and 5 for 10 to help Cambridge to victory,^[3] and in the 1862 match he took 5 for 4 and 4 for 31 in another victory.^[4]

Lang became a clergyman in the Church of England. He was clerical secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1881 to 1892, and Vicar of Dinton, Buckinghamshire from 1892 to 1902.^[1]

References

1. "Lang, Robert (LN859R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. Wisden 1914, p. 189.
3. Oxford University v Cambridge University 1860
4. Oxford University v Cambridge University 1862

External links

• CricketArchive profile

Further reading

• H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
• Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1-11 (1744-1870), Lillywhite, 1862-72