Edward Kenney (cricketer)

English cricketer

Edward Kenney

Personal information
Full name|

Edward Maxwell Kenney

Born| 10 December 1845
Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England
Died| 24 January 1916(1916-01-24) (aged 70)
Ealing, Middlesex, England
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Left-arm roundarm fast
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1865-1868| Oxford University
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 17
Runs scored | 204
Batting average | 9.27
100s/50s | –/1
Top score | 64
Balls bowled | 2,728
Wickets | 66
Bowling average | 15.05
5 wickets in innings | 5
10 wickets in match | 1
Best bowling | 8/68
Catches/stumpings | 9/–

Source: Cricinfo, 17 June 2020

Edward Maxwell Kenney (10 December 1845 – 24 January 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.

## Early life[edit]

The son of The Reverend Arthur Robert Kenney,[1] he was born in December 1845 at Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire. He was educated at Rugby School,[2] before going up to Merton College, Oxford in 1864, from which he transferred to Charsley's Hall, Oxford.[3]

## Cricketer[edit]

While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut at Oxford against Southgate in 1865. Kenney played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1868, making seventeen appearances.[4] An all-rounder, who bowled left-arm roundarm fast,[5] Kenney took 66 wickets for Oxford at an average of 15.05.[6] In three appearances against Cambridge in The University Match, he took 22 wickets; his career best figures came in the 1866 fixture, where he took 6 for 51 in the Cambridge first innings and 8 for 68 in their second.[5] Described by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as a right-handed batsman who was a “good and free hitter”,[5] he scored 204 runs at an average of 9.27. He recorded one score of over fifty,[7] making 64 runs against Surrey while batting at number ten.[8]

## Later life[edit]

After graduating from Oxford, Kenney became a schoolteacher and was for some time an assistant master at Bromsgrove School.[3] He was appointed an H. M. Inspector of Schools in 1874. He added Herbert to his surname in 1875, becoming known as Edward Maxwell Kenney-Herbert. He was elected a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1882 and was also a member of the Free Foresters.[5] In 1901, Kenney was appointed to be a chief inspector for the Board of Education, in addition to being a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire.[2] He died at Ealing in January 1916, a little under two months before the death of his brother, Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert.[5]

## Family[edit]

Kenney-Herbert married in 1876 Lady Jane White, daughter of William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Edward Maxwell Kenney-Herbert". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
2. ^ a b Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. Vol. 2\. A. J. Lawrence. p. 161.
3. ^ a b c Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Kenney-Herbert, Edward Maxwell" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co - via Wikisource.
4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Kenney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
5. ^ a b c d e "Wisden - Other deaths in 1916". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
6. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Kenney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
7. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Kenney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
8. ^ "Surrey v Oxford University, 1868". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Edward Kenney at ESPNcricinfo