Conrad Adolphus Wallroth (12 May 1851 – 22 February 1926) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for Oxford University between 1872 and 1874, Kent in 1872 and Derbyshire in 1879. He was a right-handed batsman who occasionally kept wicket.CricInfo Conrad Wallroth

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. Retrieved 2020-07-12.Conrad Wallroth
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) Wallroth was born in

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, then in Kent. He was educated at

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, playing in the Eton-Harrow match in 1870, and went on to study at

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. In 1871 he made his first-class debut playing against Oxford University for MCC, and represented various other sides including Brasenose College and Gentlemen of England in that season. In the 1872 season he played for the Oxford University team including in the Varsity match, and at the end of the season put in an appearance for Kent. He played for Oxford University in 1873 when he scored 109 against Middlesex and appeared in the winning Varsity match side. Oxford won the Varsity match again in 1874, which was Wallroth's last season. In 1876 he appeared for the Gentlemen of the South, and by 1878 had moved to Derbyshire where he lived at Mickleover.British Census 1881 RG11 2755/54 p13 He played a non-qualifying match against Uppingham for Derbyshire in 1878 and played three first-class games for Derbyshire in the 1879 season. He also played a number of games that year for the Harrow School old boys team, one of which was against Derbyshire when the Harrow Wanderers beat the county side. In 1880 he played a game for Gentlemen of Derbyshire against Gentlemen of Canada. Wallroth, died at Compton Grange

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at the age of 74. Wallroth's sister Louisa married

Alfred Lubbock Alfred Lubbock (31 October 1845 – 17 July 1916) was an English insurance underwriter and banker. He is best known as an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for a variety of sides including Kent County Cricket Club and the Marylebo ...

a Kent cricketer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallroth, Conrad 1851 births 1926 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Kent cricketers People from Lee, London Cricketers from the London Borough of Lewisham Gentlemen of the South cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers People from Mickleover Cricketers from Derby