Robert Glasscock (1797 — 13 February 1878) 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.
Glasscock was born in
Norfolk at
Downham Market in 1797. He was a leading figure in Cambridgeshire cricket in the 1830s, joining the Chatteris Cricket Club under the presidency of
Thomas Fryer, having previously coached the newly established March Cricket Club from September 1827. He played
first-class cricket for
Cambridge Town Club from 1832 to 1834, making four appearances, playing twice each against the
Marylebone Cricket Club in 1832 and
Nottinghamshire. He scored 28 runs in his four matches, with a highest score of 18. In his later years he suffered from a disorder of the brain, which was a contributing factor in his suicide at
March on 13 February 1878, having cut his throat.
March
''Peterborough Standard
The ''Peterborough Herald and Post'' was a weekly freesheet delivered to households in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. It was run from offices on Cross Street in the city centre, until ceasing operations in 2008. ...
''. 23 February 1878. p. 5
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1797 births
1878 deaths
People from Downham Market
English cricketers
Cambridge Town Club cricketers
Suicides by sharp instrument in England
1870s suicides
Cricketers from Norfolk