Roger Winlaw
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Full name | Roger de Winton Kelsall Winlaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Morden,Surrey, England | 28 March 1912||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 October 1942 Caernarvon,Caernarvonshire,Wales | (aged 30)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-armoff break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Ashley Winlaw(brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1935–1936 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1932–1939 | Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1932–1934 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1932–1934 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,29 May 2011 |
Roger de Winton Kelsall Winlaw(28 March 1912 – 31 October 1942) was an English amateurcricketerwho played forCambridge UniversityandSurrey.A pre-war member of theRAF Volunteer Reserve,he died as a result of a mid-air collision in a training accident in theSecond World War.
Education
[edit]Winlaw was born inMorden,Surrey to the Rev. George Preston Kelsall Winlaw and Minnie Ashley, and was educated atWinchester College.At Winchester he won theRugby fivesnational schools doubles championships in 1931 with HJH (John) Lamb, the only Wykehamist pair to have done so up until 2005 (when it was won by WA Ellison and HK Mohammed), and in addition won the singles twice (1930 and 1931). On going up toCambridge Universityin 1931, he continued as Lamb's fives partner in 1932, 1933 and 1934.
Winlaw was a member of the Winchester College cricket eleven from 1928 to 1931, and was captain in the last two seasons. His best year was 1930, when he headed both the batting and bowling averages.
Cricket career
[edit]AtCambridge University,he received hisBluein 1932, making his first-class debut againstYorkshireon 11 May 1932.[1]Over three seasons with Cambridge, he made 30 appearances scoring 1938 runs at an average of 43.06.
His best year was 1934, when he was second toJohn Humanin the batting averages with 977 runs at 57.47, and hit five centuries, the highest being 161 not out againstEssex[2]atFenner's.He hit two centuries in the match againstGlamorganat Cardiff.[3]The other centuries came at Fenner's – 104 against Yorkshire[4]and 103 against the Free Foresters amateur side.[5]
He also played in nine county matches forSurreyin 1934, scoring 341 runs, average 28.41, and his full aggregate amounted to 1,330, average 42.90. His best score was 91 againstSussexatThe Oval.[6]He was also prominent in the Middlesex match, scoring 61 in the first innings, and then, having been forced to retire injured in the second innings, resuming when the ninth wicket fell and helpingTed Brooksachieve victory by one wicket.[7]
Winlaw also played forBedfordshirein theMinor Countiesfrom 1932. He captained Bedfordshire in 1935, and headed the averages with 85 for an aggregate of 425. In 1936, they rose to fourth in the Minor Counties Championship, the best season since 1905. Winlaw's fielding, generally at mid-off, was highly rated though his batting was less successful. He played for Bedfordshire through to 1939.
Life outside cricket
[edit]He played three times in the University Association football match on the right wing, being captain in his last year. Before joining the Royal Air Force, Winlaw was a master atHarrow School.He also played football forCorinthianmaking five appearances between 1934 and 1937 playing atinside-left,scoring twice.
He was already asergeantin the RAF Volunteer Reserve when he was commissioned as apilot officeron probation on 3 February 1938,[8]and promoted toflying officeron 3 August 1939.[9]He was called to active service with theRoyal Air Forceon the outbreak of theSecond World War,and promotedflight lieutenanton 3 September 1940,[10]andsquadron leaderon 1 March 1942.[11]He was a member ofNo. 256 Squadron RAFwhen he was killed on 31 October 1942[12]when the plane he was piloting on a training mission collided with another in mid-air nearCaernarfon,North Wales.The observer of Winlaw's Beaufighter was Squadron LeaderClaude Ashton,a fellowOld Wykehamistwho had played 127 games forCambridgeandEssex,and was also aCorinthianfootballer, who played once forEngland.Winlaw is commemorated atLiverpool Crematorium,Anfield.[12][13]
He had married Marsali Mary Seymour Seal, a schoolmistress; his widow remarried to John Montgomery in 1945, their son,Hugh Massingberd,(born Hugh John Montgomery in 1946), becoming an eminent journalist.[14]
References
[edit]- ^Cambridge University v Yorkshire; May 1932 (Match summary)
- ^Cambridge University v Essex;June 1934 (Match summary)
- ^Glamorgan v Cambridge University; July 1934 (Match summary)
- ^Cambridge University v Yorkshire; May 1934 (Match summary)
- ^Cambridge University v Free Foresters; June 1934 (Match summary)
- ^Surrey v Sussex; August 1934 (Match summary)
- ^Surrey v Middlesex; August 1934 (Match summary)
- ^"No. 34497".The London Gazette.29 March 1938. p. 2092.
- ^"No. 34822".The London Gazette.2 April 1940. p. 1918.
- ^"No. 34986".The London Gazette.5 November 1940. p. 6399.
- ^"No. 35503".The London Gazette.27 March 1942. p. 1391.
- ^abCasualty details—Winlaw, Roger de Winton Kelsall,Commonwealth War Graves Commission.Retrieved 1 May 2008
- ^Accident description for Beaufighter X7845at theAviation Safety Network.Retrieved on 24 March 2020.
- ^Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008, ed. Lawrence Goldman, Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 760
External links
[edit]- 1912 births
- 1942 deaths
- People from Morden
- Cricketers from the London Borough of Merton
- People educated at Winchester College
- English men's footballers
- Corinthian F.C. players
- English cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Surrey cricketers
- Bedfordshire cricketers
- Gentlemen cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United Kingdom
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1942
- Royal Air Force squadron leaders
- Royal Air Force pilots of World War II
- Military personnel from the London Borough of Merton