John Horatio Savigny (25 August 1867 – 11 February 1923) was an Australian
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. He played thirteen
first-class matches for
Tasmania
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between 1888 and 1911.
Savigny's father
William Henry Savigny was headmaster of the
Launceston Church Grammar School
(Unless the Lord is with us, our labour is in vain)
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, and his brother
William Savigny
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William Henry Savigny (17 February 1864 – 6 August 1922) was an Australian cricketer and academic.
Biography
Savigny was born in Sydney, the elder son of Rev. W. H. Savigny, William Henry Savigny, from 1872 headmaster of Launces ...
was a fine cricketer, playing in three matches for Tasmania against Victoria.
Savigny was employed as a clerk with the Customs Department at Launceston.
He died on the bank of the river
Liffey near
Carrick, where he had gone fishing, and apparently died while dozing.
On 6 April 1891 he married Emily Henry (c. 1869 – 22 September 1930), second daughter of
John Henry,
Treasurer of Tasmania
The Treasurer of Tasmania is the title held by the Cabinet Minister who is responsible for the financial management of Tasmania’s budget sector.
List of Tasmanian treasurers
References
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. She died at the family home, "Carthona", Ashby Street, Launceston. They had a small family.
See also
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List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia.
It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ...
References
External links
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1867 births
1923 deaths
Australian cricketers
Tasmania cricketers
Cricketers from Tasmania
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