William Kendle
Personal information
Full name
William James Kendle
Born9 April 1847
Romsey, Hampshire, England
Died30 January 1920(1920-01-30) (aged 72)
Woodsford, Dorset, England
BattingRight-handed
RelationsCharles Kendle (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1869–1878Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 66
Batting average 7.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 29
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 January 2010

William James Kendle (9 April 1847 — 30 January 1920) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of W. T. Kendle, he was born at Broadlands near Romsey in April 1847. Kendle was educated at Sherborne School,[1] before matriculating to Caius College, Cambridge.[2] At Cambridge, he was a member of Cambridge University Cricket Club but did not play at first-class level for the university. However, he did play first-class cricket for Hampshire during his studies, making a single appearance against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Southampton in 1869.[3] After graduating from Cambridge, he was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon at Ripon Cathedral in 1871. Later that same year he took up the post of curate at Elland, which he held until 1881.[2] Despite his ecclesiastical duties in the North of England, Kendle still found the time to play first-class cricket for Hampshire, making one appearance in 1875 and three in 1878.[2] In five first-class matches for Hampshire, he scored 66 runs at an average of 7.33, with a highest score of 29.[4]

In 1881, he moved to Dorset where he was chaplain of the Dorset County Asylum until 1882. From there, he spent a year as curate of Wimborne St Giles,[2] prior to being appointed vicar at Aspall in Suffolk in 1886.[1] The following year, he was appointed reverend of Woodsford with Tincleton in 1887; he held this post for 33 years.[2] While in Dorset, he rekindled his association with Sherborne School by serving as honorary secretary of the Old Shirburnians Cricket Club.[1] Kendle died at Woodford in January 1920.[5] His uncle, Charles Kendle, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Sherborne Register: 1550-1950 (PDF) (4 ed.). Warren & Son Ltd. 1950. p. 77.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 19.
  3. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by William Kendle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Kendle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1920". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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