Rowland Alwyn Wilson (18 July 1868 – 1 October 1959) was an English clergyman and a sportsman who represented

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both in track athletics and in first-class

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. He was born at

Bolsterstone Bolsterstone is a village in South Yorkshire, England, south of Stocksbridge, and 8.5 miles to the northwest of the City of Sheffield and within the city borough. It lies on the border of the Peak District national park. Bolsterstone had a pop ...

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and died at

Hartlebury Hartlebury is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England which is in Wychavon district centred south of Kidderminster. The civil parish registered a population of 2,549 in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census. The Hartlebury ra ...

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. He was the brother of two

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ers:

Clem Wilson The Reverend Clement Eustace Macro Wilson (15 May 1875 – 8 February 1944) was an English amateur first-class cricketer and Church of England clergyman. Cricket career Wilson played first-class cricket for Cambridge University between 1895 an ...

and

Rockley Wilson Evelyn Rockley Wilson (25 March 1879 – 21 July 1957) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played for Cambridge University Cricket Club, Yorkshire, and England. Life Wilson was born in Bolsterstone, Stocksbridge, Yorkshire, and ...

. Wilson was educated at

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and at

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. He was in the cricket team at Rugby as a lower-order right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. In his three first-class matches at

, he was relegated to the tail-end as a batsman and, although economical as a bowler, took only a single wicket. He was not selected for the

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against

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. He was, however, awarded a

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for athletics, representing the university in the mile race. Wilson graduated from Cambridge University with a

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degree in 1890, and this converted to a

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in 1894. He was ordained as a

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in the

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in 1894 and as a priest the following year, and then served as curate at Hartlebury from 1894 to 1900, as vicar of

Hints, Staffordshire Hints is a small village and civil parish between Lichfield and Tamworth in southeastern Staffordshire, within Lichfield local government district. The village is on the line of Watling Street, which was formerly the A5, but the A5 now runs in a ...

, from 1900 to 1910, and as rector of Great Witley with Little Witley and Hillhampton, in Worcestershire, from 1910 to his retirement in 1945. From 1928, he served also as an honorary canon of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Rowland 1868 births 1959 deaths English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 20th-century English Anglican priests Worcestershire cricketers