The Reverend Richard Greaves Hodgson (9 March 1845 – 1 November 1931) was an English clergyman, teacher and sportsman who played

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.Richard Hodgson

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. Retrieved 11 November 2017.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 260–261.
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. Retrieved 7 August 2022.) Hodgson was born in

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on 9 March 1845, the second son of Edward Hodgson. He was educated at

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and

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, graduating in 1867. With a mathematical training he joined the staff of

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in 1867, later becoming second master from 1871 to 1879 and the first Head master of the newly established King's Junior School from 1879 to 1908.Hodgson, Rev Richard Graves
Obituaries in 1932, ''

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'', 1932. Retrieved 11 November 2017. He resigned from the Junior King's School in 1908 and was appointed Six Preacher at

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and was a member of the Cathedral Foundation for 60 years. Hodgson's Hall at King's School is named after him.Hodgson's Hall

. Retrieved 11 November 2017. Hodgson was an all-round athlete who was over six feet tall and was described in his ''

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'' obituary as a "good average batsman". He played in three first-class matches for Kent, although without any real success, but played cricket regularly and scored 245 not out for the St. Lawrence Club in 1888. He was a member of the Kent Committee. Hodgson had married Mary Latter in 1880. He died at his home in Canterbury on 1 November 1931 aged 87. His funeral took place in the Cathedral at Canterbury.Oblation book 1931–1936
Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

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1845 births 1931 deaths English cricketers Kent cricketers 20th-century English Anglican priests People educated at Manchester Grammar School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford {{England-cricket-bio-1840s-stub