Bill Roe
Cricket Player
1861 – 1937
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Who was Bill Roe?
William Nichols Roe, commonly known as Bill Roe, was a first-class cricketer who was notable for making the then highest ever score in cricket in July 1881 with 415 not out in a long vacation match at Cambridge University. His innings, for Emmanuel Long Vacation Club against Caius Long Vacation Club, lasted five hours in extreme heat and ended only when the Caius team conceded the match after the second day, facing a scoreboard reading 708/4 after they had been dismissed for 100.
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