Robert Gregory

Robert Gregory

William Robert Gregory MC (born 20 May 1881 in County Galway, Ireland; died 23 January 1918 near Grossa, Padua, Italy [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26761/26761.html Cricket Archive profile] ] ) was an Irish cricketer and artist.

The only child of William Henry Gregory and Lady Gregory, an associate of W. B. Yeats, Robert was born in County Galway in Ireland in May 1881. He studied at Harrow, New College, Oxford and the Slade School of Art [http://ireland.wlu.edu/landscape/Group1/robert_gregory.htm Obituary] ] he excelled at bowls, boxing, horse riding and cricket. He was good enough at cricket to play once for the Ireland cricket team [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire110.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ] , taking 8/80 with his leg spin bowling in a first-class match against Scotland in 1912. He didn't score a run. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24380.html Cricinfo profile] ] His bowling performance in that match remains the tenth best in all matches for Ireland [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/irer24.htm Best innings bowling figures for Ireland in all matches] ] and the fourth best in first-class cricket for Ireland. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandfirstclass/irer24.htm Best innings bowling figures for Ireland in first-class cricket] ] His bowling average of 10.22 is the second best for Ireland in first-class cricket. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandfirstclass/irer27.htm Top first-class bowling averages for Ireland] ]

An accomplished artist, he worked in the design studio of Jacques Émile Blanche, and had his own exhibition of paintings in Chelsea in 1914. The following year, he joined the war effort, becoming a member of the 4th Connaught Rangers, transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He became a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur in 1917, and was awarded a Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty."

He was killed in Italy at the age of 37 when an Italian pilot mistakenly shot him down.

Robert's death had a lasting effect on W. B. Yeats, and he became the subject of four poems by him; In Memory of Major Robert Gregory, An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, Shepherd and Goatherd, and Reprisals.

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