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Percy Robert Farrant (25 April 1868 – 4 September 1921) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and educator.

The son of Robert Farrant, he was born at Llandudno in April 1868. He was educated at Repton School, before going up to New College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1890, against the touring Australians and the Gentlemen of England, though without much success in either match, with Farrant taking one wicket, that of the Gentlemen of England's Ernest Coxon, in addition to scoring 12 runs.

After graduating from Oxford, Farrant was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Worcestershire and Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery in July 1892, with promotion to lieutenant coming in November 1893. He resigned his commission in February 1894. After leaving the Volunteer Artillery, Farrant became an assistant master at Malvern College. He died aboard SS Ortega off the coast of the Maldives in September 1921.

References

1. Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men and Their Colleges. James Parker & Co. p. 202.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Percy Farrant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Percy Farrant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Percy Farrant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. "No. 26307". The London Gazette. 15 July 1892. p. 4069.
6. "No. 26461". The London Gazette. 24 November 1893. p. 6759.
7. "No. 26483". The London Gazette. 9 February 1894. p. 836.
8. Oxford and Cambridge Yearbook, 1904. 1904. p. 202.

External links

• Percy Farrant at ESPNcricinfo

• 1868 births
• 1921 deaths
• People from Llandudno
• Sportspeople from Conwy County Borough
• People educated at Repton School
• Alumni of New College, Oxford
• Welsh cricketers
• Oxford University cricketers
• Volunteer Force officers
• Welsh schoolteachers