Wilfred Payton (chaplain)
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The Venerable
Wilfred Ernest Granville Payton CB
, MA (27 December 1913 - 4 September 1989) was an English clergyman and cricket
er who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire
in 1935, Cambridge University
in 1937 and Derbyshire
in 1949.
Payton was born at Beeston, Nottinghamshire
, the son of Wilfred Payton
who also played for Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Nottingham High School
and Emmanuel College, Cambridge
. He made his debut for Nottinghamshire against Cambridge University in May 1935 when he made double figure scores. In 1937 he played for Cambridge following a top score of 74 in the Seniors' match . He opened with Paul Gibb, but he won his Blue as much for his keenness in the field as for his dogged batting. His contributions at the varsity match
were 10 and 3.
On 1 January 1941 Payton was commissioned into the Royal Air Force
as a chaplain After World War II
service with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
, Payton played thirteen first-class games for the Combined Services, and in 1948 he was bowled when 2 runs short of a century in a convincing win over Glamorgan in their Championship year. Payton played two matches for Derbyshire in the 1949 season
.
Payton was a right-hand batsman who played 52 innings in 27 first class matches with an average of 20.72 and a top score of 98.
Payton was Chaplain-in-Chief to the RAF and became honorary chaplain to The Queen in 1965. He retired from the RAF in 1969 and became Vicar and Rural Dean of Abingdon
.
Payton died at Ladder Hill, Nailsworth
, Gloucestershire
at the age of 75.
Venerable
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Wilfred Ernest Granville Payton CB
Order of the Bath
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, MA (27 December 1913 - 4 September 1989) was an English clergyman and cricket
Cricket
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er who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
in 1935, Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
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in 1937 and Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in 1949.
Payton was born at Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Beeston is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is southwest of Nottingham city centre. Although typically regarded as a suburb of the City of Nottingham, and officially designated as part of the Nottingham Urban Area, for local government purposes it is in the borough of Broxtowe, lying outside...
, the son of Wilfred Payton
Wilfred Payton
Wilfred Richard Daniel Payton was an English First-class cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire.Payton was a right-handed middle order batsman and made 39 hundreds, his first was an innings of 133 against the touring West Indians in 1906. He topped 1000 runs in a season every year from 1921 to...
who also played for Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Nottingham High School
Nottingham High School
Nottingham High School is a British boys' independent school situated about a mile north of Nottingham city centre. It has around 900 pupils from ages 11 to 18 and there is the adjoining Nottingham High Junior School catering for younger boys and, from September 2008, the Lovell House...
and Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
. He made his debut for Nottinghamshire against Cambridge University in May 1935 when he made double figure scores. In 1937 he played for Cambridge following a top score of 74 in the Seniors' match . He opened with Paul Gibb, but he won his Blue as much for his keenness in the field as for his dogged batting. His contributions at the varsity match
The University Match (cricket)
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were 10 and 3.
On 1 January 1941 Payton was commissioned into the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
as a chaplain After World War II
World War II
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service with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...
, Payton played thirteen first-class games for the Combined Services, and in 1948 he was bowled when 2 runs short of a century in a convincing win over Glamorgan in their Championship year. Payton played two matches for Derbyshire in the 1949 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1949 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-eight years. It was their forty-fifth season in the County Championship and they won six matches in the County Championship to finish in fifteenth place.-1949...
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Payton was a right-hand batsman who played 52 innings in 27 first class matches with an average of 20.72 and a top score of 98.
Payton was Chaplain-in-Chief to the RAF and became honorary chaplain to The Queen in 1965. He retired from the RAF in 1969 and became Vicar and Rural Dean of Abingdon
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Abingdon or archaically Abingdon-on-Thames is a market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Vale of White Horse district. Previously the county town of Berkshire, Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously occupied town, with...
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Payton died at Ladder Hill, Nailsworth
Nailsworth
Nailsworth is a town in Gloucestershire, England, lying in one of the Stroud Valleys in the Cotswolds. It has a population of around 6,600 people and lies on the A46 road....
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
at the age of 75.