13 Facts About Emilius Bayley

Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Bayley, 3rd Baronet, later Sir Emilius Laurie, was an English clergyman, baronet and amateur cricketer.

Emilius Bayley was generally known by his middle-name Emilius and changed his surname to Laurie in 1887.

Emilius Bayley is thought to have been given the name Emilius, by which he was generally known, after the name of one of his father's horses which won The Derby in 1823.

Emilius Bayley was educated at Eton college where he was in the cricket team for four years and captain in 1840 and 1841.

Emilius Bayley set a record for the highest score in the Eton v Harrow match, scoring 152 at Lord's in 1841, a record which stood until 1904.

Emilius Bayley went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1846 although he did not actually attend Trinity until 1861 and became a ten-year man and was awarded his Bachelor of Divinity in 1862.

Emilius Bayley played for MCC against Cambridge University in 1842; his father was President of the club in 1844.

Emilius Bayley appeared nine times for Kent County Cricket Club between 1842 and 1844, first playing for the team before its foundation at the 1842 Canterbury Cricket Week.

In total Emilius Bayley played in 29 first-class cricket matches, appearing 12 times for MCC and six for the Gentlemen of Kent as well as once for an England team.

Emilius Bayley was considered a "hard-hitting batsman", particularly on the leg-side, but his career as a churchman cut short his serious cricket career.

Emilius Bayley was a perpetual curate at Woburn, Bedfordshire between 1853 and 1856, of St George's church in Bloomsbury between 1856 and 1867 and of St John's church in Paddington from 1867 to 1888.

Emilius Bayley married Marianne Rice, the daughter of Edward Royd Rice, in 1855.

Emilius Bayley succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1871 on the death of his father, becoming the third Baronet.