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{{short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Richard Wodehouse
| fullname = Richard Lancelot Deane Wodehouse
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|5|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chippenham]], [[Wiltshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1940|5|20|1892|5|30|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Cookham]], [[Berkshire]], England

| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] (India)
| year1 = {{nowrap|1923–1924}}

| type1 = First-class
| debutdate1 = 3 December
| debutyear1 = 1923
| debutfor1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] (India)
| debutagainst1 = [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]]
| lastdate1 = 1 December
| lastyear1 = 1924
| lastfor1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] (India)
| lastagainst1 = [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]]

| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 84
| bat avg1 = 14.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 52
| deliveries1 = 298
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 27.60
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/25
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/0
| date = 13 December
| year = 2007
| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14945/14945.html CricketArchive
}}

'''Richard Lancelot Deane Wodehouse''' (30 May 1892 – 20 May 1940) was an English [[cricket]]er.<ref name=cricinfoprofile>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35987.html Cricinfo profile]</ref> Born in [[Chippenham]], [[Wiltshire]], his entire recorded cricket career took place in Asia. He was one of three brothers of the author [[P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p34284.htm |title = Person Page}}</ref>

Wodehouse died in [[Cookham]], [[Berkshire]], in 1940, leaving a widow, Winifred Baker Wodehouse, and property valued at [[Pound sterling|£]]1,920. His address at death was given as Woodlands, Cookham Dean.<ref>"Wodehouse Richard Lancelot Deane" in Probate Index for 1940, online at probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar, accessed 12 April 2018</ref><ref name=cricinfoprofile/>

==Career==

In April 1919, Wodehouse made his debut for the [[Straits Settlements cricket team|Straits Settlements]], playing against the [[Federated Malay States cricket team|Federated Malay States]] in [[Singapore]]. The following year, he played twice for [[Hong Kong national cricket team|Hong Kong]]; against [[Malaya cricket team|Malaya]] and a combined [[Shanghai cricket team|Shanghai]]/Malaya team.<ref name="OthM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14945/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Richard Wodehouse] at CricketArchive</ref>

He returned to play two more matches for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in 1922 and 1923,<ref name="OthM" /> before playing three [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches in the [[Bombay Quadrangular]] tournament in India for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]].<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14945/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Richard Wodehouse] at CricketArchive</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:1892 births]]
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[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Hong Kong cricketers]]
[[Category:People from Chippenham]]
[[Category:Straits Settlements cricketers]]
[[Category:Wodehouse family|Richard Wodehouse]]

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