Richard Clement (cricketer)

Richard Clement

Personal information
Full name	Richard Clement
Born	10 June 1832 Snarestone, Leicestershire, England
Died	29 October 1873(1873-10-29) (aged 41) Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Relations	Reynold Clement (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1853	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 7 Batting average 3.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 4* Balls bowled ? Wickets 2 Bowling average ? 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/? Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2020

Richard Clement (10 June 1832 – 29 October 1873) was an English first-class cricketer and civil servant.

Richard Clement was the son of Hampden Clement - who was an English landowner who had been educated at Exeter College, Oxford - and of Philippa Cobham Alleyne. He was born in June 1832 at Snarestone, Leicestershire. His paternal grandfather was Richard Clement, who a Dutch owner of sugar plantations. He was the nephew of Martha Clement, who was the wife of Colonel Thomas Moody, Kt., who named a son, Hampden Clement Blamire Moody, after Richard Clement's father, and through whom he was related to Major-General Richard Clement Moody, who was the founder and the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.

Clement was educated at Rugby School, and at University College, Oxford, whilst at which he in 1853 appeared twice in first-class cricket for Oxford University, once against the Marylebone Cricket Club and once against Cambridge University. After graduating from Oxford, Clement was employed as a clerk at the Treasury. He died accidentally while on a hunt on 29 October 1873 near Bicester. His younger brother, Reynold, also played first-class cricket.

External links

• Richard Clement at ESPNcricinfo