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Full name | William Charles Gayner | ||||||||||||||
Born | c. 1825 St James's, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 27 January 1892 (aged 66/67) Chelsea, London, England | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1851 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 22 September 2021 |
William Charles Gayner (c. 1825 — 27 January 1892) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
The son of William Gayner senior, he was born at St James's in 1825. He was educated at St Paul's School, [1] before going up to the University of Oxford where he studied at Pembroke College in 1847, before transferring to St Mary Hall in 1848. [2] Gayner made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1851. [3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run by Charles Marsham, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by Charles Bere. [4] A latecomer to the legal profession, Gayner was called to the bar as a member of the Inner Temple in January 1872. [5] Gayner died at Chelsea in January 1892. [6] He had been the proprietor of Boodle's gentlemen's club until his death. [7]