14 Facts About Roger Winlaw

Roger de Winton Kelsall Winlaw was an English amateur cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Surrey.

Roger Winlaw was a member of the Winchester College cricket eleven from 1928 to 1931, and was captain in the last two seasons.

Roger Winlaw hit two centuries in the match against Glamorgan at Cardiff.

Roger Winlaw played in nine county matches for Surrey in 1934, scoring 341 runs, average 28.41, and his full aggregate amounted to 1,330, average 42.90.

Roger Winlaw was prominent in the Middlesex match, scoring 61 in the first innings, and then, having been forced to retire injured in the second innings, resuming when the ninth wicket fell and helping Ted Brooks achieve victory by one wicket.

Roger Winlaw played for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties from 1932.

Roger Winlaw captained Bedfordshire in 1935, and headed the averages with 85 for an aggregate of 425.

Roger Winlaw's fielding, generally at mid-off, was highly rated though his batting was less successful.

Roger Winlaw played three times in the University Association football match on the right wing, being captain in his last year.

Roger Winlaw played football for Corinthian making five appearances between 1934 and 1937 playing at inside-left, scoring twice.

Roger Winlaw was already a sergeant in the RAF Volunteer Reserve when he was commissioned as a pilot officer on probation on 3 February 1938, and promoted to flying officer on 3 August 1939.

Roger Winlaw was called to active service with the Royal Air Force on the outbreak of the Second World War, and promoted flight lieutenant on 3 September 1940, and squadron leader on 1 March 1942.

Roger Winlaw was a member of No 256 Squadron RAF when he was killed on 31 October 1942 when the plane he was piloting on a training mission collided with another in mid-air near Caernarfon, North Wales.

The observer of Roger Winlaw's Beaufighter was Squadron Leader Claude Ashton, a fellow Old Wykehamist who had played 127 games for Cambridge and Essex, and was a Corinthian footballer, who played once for England.