Richard Prescott
Keigwin
Male
England
1883-04-08
Lexden, Colchester, Essex, England
1972-11-26
Polstead, Suffolk, England
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._P._Keigwin
Richard P. Keigwin was born in Lexden in Essex and educated at Clifton College, Bristol, in Watson’s House. While there, he partnered A. E. J. Collins in the school racquets pair and was also the school racquets captain. He also captained the school cricket XI of 1902, in which Collins also played.
Keigwin then joined Peterhouse, Cambridge, where in March 1903 he was runner-up in the Cambridge University’s Freshmen's Lawn Tennis Tournament, losing in the final in two straight sets to the future Wimbledon champion Tony Wilding without winning a game. He represented Cambridge University at cricket, rackets, soccer, and hockey, and also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club. His brothers, Herbert and Henry Keigwin, both also played first-class cricket
Keigwin’s best bowling figures in first-class cricket were 8/79 against Sussex in 1903. A year later, he scored his only first-class hundred, for Cambridge against Warwickshire. In 1906 he graduated B.A. in the Classics and Modern Languages Tripos, later promoted by seniority to M.A. After leaving Cambridge, Keigwin taught modern languages at the Royal Naval College, Osborne.
In 1914, Keigwin was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He served in the First World War on the battlecruiser HMS Indomitable and was stationed off the Belgian coast. He was present at the surrender of the Imperial German Navy fleet and was subsequently created a Chevalier of Belgian Order of Léopold, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog by King Christian X of Denmark and awarded King Christian X’s medal for “Valuable assistance rendered to Denmark during the war”.
After the war, Keigwin returned to his old school, Clifton College, as an assistant master from 1919, and was House Tutor of Watson’s House (his own old house) in 1919 and 1920. From then until 1935 he was the housemaster of Dakyns’ House. He was the editor of The Granta in 1919.
In the 1920s, Keigwin played hockey for Essex and England, cricket and tennis for Gloucestershire. He also played for the Free Foresters against the Netherlands Cricket XI, although he did not appear for Free Foresters at first-class level.
In 1935, Keigwin published his first translation from the work of Hans Christian Andersen and also became Warden of Wills Hall at the University of Bristol, where he remained for ten years. In retirement, Keigwin spent some years living in Denmark where, as a result of his interest in Danish cricket, the game picked up. English cricket teams began visiting Denmark more frequently, and these teams included the Marylebone Cricket Club, Leicestershire, Incogniti, Gentlemen of Worcestershire, and Sir Julien Cahn’s XI.
He was President of the Old Cliftonian Society from 1957 to 1959, and also became a Governor of Clifton College. Keigwin died at Polstead, Suffolk, and is buried there in St Mary’s churchyard.
1903 - 1910
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7
5
Round 1
Richard Prescott Keigwin 1 *
Malcolm Douglas Mateo Dando
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 2
Richard Prescott Keigwin 1 *
P.A. Dormer
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Percy William Jewson 1 *
Richard Prescott Keigwin
2-6
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Richard Prescott Keigwin 1 *
F. England
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Richard Prescott Keigwin 1 *
Campbell Kingdon
1-6
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Richard Prescott Keigwin 1 *
Gordon Lowe
3-6
7-5
7-5
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Richard Prescott Keigwin
6-0
6-0