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Percy Farrant
Welsh cricketer
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.[1] 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,[2] though without much success in either match, with Farrant taking one wicket,[3] that of the Gentlemen of England's Ernest Coxon, in addition to scoring 12 runs.[4]
After graduating from Oxford, Farrant was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Worcestershire and Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery in July 1892,[5] with promotion to lieutenant coming in November 1893.[6] He resigned his commission in February 1894.[7] After leaving the Volunteer Artillery, Farrant became an assistant master at Malvern College.[8] He died aboard SS Ortega off the coast of the Maldives in September 1921.