Robert Remnant, 2nd Baron Remnant

Robert Remnant, 2nd Baron Remnant

Personal information
Full name	Robert John Farquharson Remnant
Born	29 March 1895 Westminster, London, England
Died	4 June 1967(1967-06-04) (aged 72) Hare Hatch, Berkshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Relations	Peter Remnant (brother) Cunliffe Gosling (uncle)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1931–1936	Minor Counties
1920–1936	Berkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 113 Batting average 28.25 100s/50s –/– Top score 47 Balls bowled 438 Wickets 5 Bowling average 37.80 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/80 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 April 2015

Robert John Farquharson Remnant, 2nd Baron Remnant MBE (29 March 1895 – 4 June 1967) was an English cricketer, active from 1920 to 1936. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he made three appearances in first-class cricket but was mostly associated with minor counties cricket.

The son of James Remnant, 1st Baron Remnant, Remnant was born at Westminster, London. He was educated at Eton College and later attended Magdalen College, Oxford. Remnant served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment during the First World War, reaching the rank of major. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Berkshire following the war in 1920 against Hertfordshire at Watford. He played regularly for Berkshire throughout the 1920s, and in 1931 he was selected to play in first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring New Zealanders at Gainsborough. He succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Remnant in 1933. He made two further first-class appearances for the Minor Counties cricket team in 1934 and 1936, playing twice against Oxford University at the University Parks. In his three first-class appearances he scored a total of 113 runs with a high score of 47, while with the ball he took 5 wickets with best figures of 3/80. He continued to play minor counties cricket for Berkshire until 1936, by which point he had made 73 appearances. He was made an MBE in the 1945 honours list.

He died at his home, Bear Place, at Hare Hatch near Wargrave in Berkshire, on 4 June 1967, and was succeeded as the 3rd Baron upon his death by his son, James Wogan Remnant. His brother Peter, and uncle, Cunliffe Gosling, were both first-class cricketers.

External links

• Robert Remnant at ESPNcricinfo
• Robert Remnant at CricketArchive