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Myles Kenyon

Myles Kenyon

English cricketer

Myles Noel Kenyon (25 December 1886 – 21 November 1960) was an English cricketer.

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He was born at Walshaw Hall, Bury, Lancashire, the son of James Kenyon, a prosperous woollen and cotton manufacturer[1] and Conservative MP; and Elise / Elisa Augusta (née Genth) Kenyon, a classically trained musician baptised in Rusholme[2] with German parents; and educated at Eton School.[3]

He played cricket as a right-handed batsman for Lancashire and was club captain from 1919 to 1922. He was club president in 1936–37. In 1934 he served as High Sheriff of Lancashire. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant for the county.[3]

He died 21 November 1960 in Birdham, Sussex aged 73. In 1909 he had married Mary Moon.

The Myles N. Kenyon Cup is competed for by amateur football teams in the Bury area.

References

  1. [1]
    1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners Directory, p79
  2. [2]
    https://www.lan-opc.org.uk/cgi-bin/mkindx.cgi?parish=Manchester&type=District&community=Rusholme
  3. [3]
    "Players / England / Myles Kenyon". cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
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