Reginald Augustus Studd (18 December 1873 — 3 February 1948) was an English first-class

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er. The son of Edward Studd, he was born at

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in December 1873. He was educated at

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, where he was the youngest of six brothers to play for the college cricket team, in addition to playing rackets. From Eton, he in 1892 matriculated to

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. While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in

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for the

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(MCC) ''against''

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in 1894. The following season, he established himself in the Cambridge side and made ten appearances. He played in the 1895

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at Lord's, when Cambridge defeated a strong

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side. For Cambridge in 1895, he scored 384 runs at an

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of 25.60, with a highest score of 96

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. Later in the 1895 season, Studd made three appearances for

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. One of these came against the MCC, with the other two coming in the

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, with him making 93 against

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. During the winter of 1895, he toured North America with Cambridge

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-elect Frank Mitchell's personal eleven, making one first-class appearance on the tour against a University of Pennsylvania Past and Present side. In fifteen first-class matches, he scored 603 runs at an average of 25.12, and made four half centuries. Studd went onto become the director of the Anglo-Indian Planters Missionary. He died at

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in 3 February 1948.

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