Robert Augustus de Lasaux (24 November 1834 – 7 December 1914) was an English amateur cricketer. He was born at Canterbury in Kent in 1834, the son of the city coroner and was educated in Canterbury and in Kennington.[1][2][3]
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| Full name | Robert Augustus De Lasaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1834-11-24)24 November 1834 Canterbury, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 December 1914(1914-12-07) (aged 80) Canterbury, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1858 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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De Lasaux made his first-class debut for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1858. He made two further known first-class appearances in 1858, one for Kent County Cricket Club against England and another for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at the St Lawrence Ground.[4] He was one of the original members of the amateur Band of Brothers cricket team and of St Lawrence Cricket Club in Canterbury[1][2] and was described in his Wisden obituary as "a good fast-medium round-armed bowler" and a "very smart" fielder.[2]
De Lasaux died at Canterbury in 1914 aged 80.[2] His obituary in The Times records that he was "an expert diabolo player" as a youth and had revived his skills for an exhibition in 1907.[1]
Robert de Lasaux at ESPNcricinfo