John Rawlence
Personal information
Full name
John Rooke Rawlence
Born(1915-09-23)23 September 1915
Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Died17 January 1983(1983-01-17) (aged 67)
Ascot, Berkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1934Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 87
Batting average 14.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 38
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 February 2010

John Rooke Rawlence OBE (23 September 1915 — 17 January 1983) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Dr. H. E. Rawlence,[1] he was born in September 1915 at Brockenhurst, Hampshire. He was educated at Wellington College, where he played for the college cricket team.[2] Rawlence made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire in the 1934 County Championship.[3] Against Nottinghamshire at Southampton, he scored 38 runs and helped to put on 60 runs for the seventh wicket in just over half an hour with Len Creese.[2] From Wellington, he pursued a career in the British Army and attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He graduated from there into the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant in August 1935.[4] Alongside his nascent military career, Rawlence also studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge and graduated from there in 1937.[5]

Following his graduation from Cambridge, Rawlence was promoted to lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in August 1938.[6] In that same year, he made two first-class appearances for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University and Oxford University.[3] He served in the Second World War, during which he was promoted to captain in August 1943,[7] and was made a MBE in February 1945.[8] Promotion to major followed after the war in August 1948.[9] Twelve years after his previous first-class appearance, Rawlence played for the Combined Services cricket team in a first-class fixture against Glamorgan at Cardiff in June 1950.[3] In the Royal Engineers, promotion to lieutenant colonel came in September 1956,[10] whilst in the 1957 New Year Honours, his order of chivalry was upgraded to OBE.[11] Rawlence was promoted to colonel in April 1959,[12] After retiring from the military, he returned to Pembroke College to study for his master's degree, graduating in 1965.[5] Rawlence died on 17 January 1983 at Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot, Berkshire.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Second-Lieutenant John Rooke Rawlence". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 26 October 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 2 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 "Wisden - Obituaries in 1983". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "First-Class Matches played by John Rawlence". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "No. 34194". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 August 1935. p. 5533.
  5. 1 2 Cambridge University List of Members. Cambridge University Press. 1998. p. 648. ISBN 9780521597623.
  6. ↑ "No. 34546". The London Gazette. 30 August 1938. p. 5549.
  7. ↑ "No. 36153". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 August 1943. p. 3878.
  8. ↑ "No. 36928". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 February 1945. p. 794.
  9. ↑ "No. 38392". The London Gazette. 27 August 1948. p. 4766.
  10. ↑ "No. 40917". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 November 1956. p. 6251.
  11. ↑ "No. 40960". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1956. p. 7.
  12. ↑ "No. 41875". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 November 1959. p. 7439.
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