Rupert Horsley

Rupert Harry Horsley (17 December 1905 – 5 March 1988) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Beresford Horsley, he was born in March 1905 at West Hartlepool. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances as a wicket-keeper in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1927, against Lancashire, Harlequins and the Free Foresters.[3] In his three matches, he scored 78 runs with a high score of 28 and behind the stumps he took nine catches and made a single stumping.[4] During his time at Oxford, he was always second choice wicket-keeper to George Abell.[1]

Horsley later served in the Second World War as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force.[5] In later life he became a watercolour artist. He died in March 1988 at Nether Wallop, Hampshire.[1]