Wilfrid Reay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilfrid Reay

English cricketer and British army officer

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1891

Place of Birth: Wallington, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1915

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Wilfrid Francis Reay (12 June 1891 – 8 October 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of J.
H.
Reay, a civil servant, he was born at Wallington in June 1891.
He worked in the London Stock Exchange as an authorised clerk, and was married to Dorothy Katherine Livermore.
He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University at Eastbourne in June 1910.
Batting once in the match, he scored 5 not out in the Gentlemen of England first-innings, while with the ball he took a single wicket in the Oxford first-innings when he dismissed Charles Hooman, finishing with figures of 1 for 51 from eleven overs.
He served in the First World War with the Royal Fusiliers as part of The Stockbrokers' Batallion, enlisting in August 1914 as a lance corporal.
He landed in Boulogne in on 30 July 1915, with his battalion sent to Tilques.
He was killed in action nearby on 8 October 1915.
His body was never recovered and he is commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial.
His brother, Gilly, was also a first-class cricketer.