John Baldwin Rawlinson (1 May 1867 – 12 May 1945) was an English first-class

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er and stockbroker. The son of Robert Rawlinson, he was born in May 1867 at Whitehaven. He was educated at

Malvern College Malvern College is an Independent school (United Kingdom), independent coeducational day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school (United Kingdom), public school in the British sen ...

, before going up to

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...

. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against A. J. Webbe's XI at Oxford in 1887. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed without scoring in the Oxford first innings by

John Rawlin John Thomas Rawlin (10 November 1856 – 19 January 1924) was an English first-class cricketer, who played twenty seven matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1880 and 1885, and 229 matches for Middlesex between 1889 and 1909. He ...

, while with the ball he took a single wicket when he dismissed

Albert Leatham Albert Leatham (9 August 1859 – 13 July 1948) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire and Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we ...

in the A. J. Webbe's XI first innings. Rawlinson died at

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in May 1945.

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* 1867 births 1945 deaths Sportspeople from Whitehaven Cricketers from Cumbria People educated at Malvern College Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1860s-stub