Octavius Winslow (cricketer)

Octavius Winslow
Personal information
Full name
Octavius Evans Winslow
Born(1850-09-10)10 September 1850
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Died13 October 1896(1896-10-13) (aged 46)
Bermondsey, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm roundarm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1869Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 207
Batting average 20.70
100s/50s /1
Top score 56
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/
Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2012

Octavius Evans Winslow (10 September 1850 13 October 1896) was an English cricketer. Winslow was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm medium.

Winslow made his first-class debut for Sussex against Surrey in 1869. He made four further first-class appearances in that season, the last of which came against Surrey. In his only season of first-class cricket, he scored 207 runs at an average of 20.70, with a high score of 56. This score was the only fifty he made and came against Kent.

Winslow was born at Leamington, Warwickshire, the son of evangelical preacher Octavius Winslow and Hannah Ann Ring. His younger brother, Lyndhurst, also played first-class cricket for Sussex. He died at Bermondsey, London on 13 October 1896.