Full name William Penn Role Cricketer Career start 1870 | 1870-1878 Kent Career end 1878 Name William Penn National side England | |
Born 25 August 1849 ( 1849-08-25 ) Lee, London, England Bowling style Right-arm round arm fast bowler First-class debut 18 August 1870 Kent v Nottinghamshire Last First-class 22 July 1878 Kent v Derbyshire Died August 15, 1921, Belgravia, London, United Kingdom Current teams Kent County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club Relations John Penn, Frank Penn, Dick Penn | ||
Batting style Right-handed batsman | ||
William Penn (born 29 August 1849, The Cedars, Lee, Lewisham, London - died: 15 August 1921, Belgravia, Westminster, London) was an English cricketer who played for Kent in the 1870s.
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Penn was born in Lee, Lewisham, the son of John Penn, a manufacturer of marine engines at the John Penn and Sons works in Deptford and Greenwich, and educated at Harrow (1865-1867).
Cricket
A right-handed batsman and bowler, he was the eldest of three brothers who also played for Kent; the other two were Frank and Dick Penn. He played for Kent 18 times from 1870 to 1878, also appearing for Marylebone Cricket Club (1874) and Gentlemen of the South (1871-1874). His son Eric Penn played for Cambridge University and MCC.
Business career
William Penn became a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1873, proposed by his father and Joseph Whitworth. He became a partner in the family business around the same time, began to manage the firm in 1875, and in 1889, when the firm was incorporated as John Penn and Sons Ltd, he and his elder brother John were the two principal shareholders. When the company amalgamated with the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company ten years later, William Penn became a director of the new company, but resigned from the board by April 1901 on grounds of ill health.