Lionel Garnett (25 December 1843 – 1 May 1912) 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 clergyman.
The son of Henry Garnett, he was born in December 1843 at
Lancaster. He was educated at
Eton College,
before matriculating at
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 ...
in 1862, graduating B.A. in 1865. He made a single appearance in
first-class cricket for
Southgate Cricket Club against
Oxford University in 1864 at
Oxford. After graduating from Oxford, Garnett took
holy orders in the
Church of England. His first ecclesiastical posting was as curate of
St Mary's Church, Sheffield from 1867 to 1869, before becoming the rector of
Christleton, Cheshire from 1869.
He was appointed a canon of
Chester Cathedral in 1906. Garnett later moved to
Belfast, where he died in May 1912.
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1843 births
1912 deaths
Cricketers from Lancaster, Lancashire
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
English cricketers
Southgate cricketers
19th-century English Anglican priests
20th-century English Anglican priests
Cricketers from Lancashire
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