Full name - Richard Prescott Keigwin Born - 8th April 1883, Lexden, Colchester, Essex, England Died - 26th November 1972, Polstead, Suffolk, England Batting - Right-hand batsman Bowling - Right-arm slow Other Sports - Hockey - England goalkeeper - 3 caps. Relations - Brother: HD Keigwin; Brother: HS Keigwin Teams - Cambridge University (Main FC: 1903-1906); Essex (Main FC: 1903-1919); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1911-1919); Gloucestershire (Main FC: 1921-1923); Keigwin was born in Lexden in Essex and educated at Clifton College (Watsons House) in Bristol. He studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he gained an MA in the Classics and Modern Languages Tripos. He was the editor of The Granta in 1919. Whilst at Clifton, Keigwin partnered AEJ Collins in the school racquets pair (he was also the school racquets captain) and he captained the school cricket XI for 1902-3 when Collins also played. In addition to playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club at cricket, he also represented Cambridge University at cricket, rackets, football and hockey. He played hockey for Essex and England, and cricket and tennis for Gloucestershire. He also played for the Free Foresters against the Netherlands cricket XI in the 1920s, although he did not appear for Free Foresters at first-class level. After the First World War, as a result of Keigwin's interest in Danish cricket, the game in Denmark picked up whilst he lived there and British cricket teams began visiting Denmark more frequently - these teams included the MCC, Leicestershire, Incogniti, Gentlemen of Worcestershire and Sir Julien Cahn's XI. Keigwin's best bowling figures in first-class cricket were 8/79 against Sussex in 1903 A year later, he scored his only first-class hundred, for Cambridge against Warwickshire. His brothers, Herbert Keigwin and Henry Keigwin both also played first-class cricket. In the first world war he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve serving on the battlecruiser HMS Indomitable and stationed off the Belgian coast. He was present at the surrender of the German fleet. He was created a Chevalier Belgian Order of Leopold, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog by HM King Christian X of Denmark and awarded King Christian X's medal for "Valuable assistance rendered to Denmark during the war." Keigwin taught modern languages at RNC Osborne. He taught at Clifton College from 1919, as an Assistant master (Master #246). He was House tutor of Watson's House (his own old house) at Clifton College between 1919-1920, and Housemaster of Dakyns' House from 1920-35. He was Warden of Wills Hall at Bristol University between 1935-45. He was President of Old Cliftonian Society from 1957-59, and a Governor of Clifton College. He died in Polstead in Suffolk.
