# Samuel Fenn

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = 
|               image = 
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Samuel Fenn
|          birth_date = 5 June 1829
|         birth_place = [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath%2C_London), [Kent](/source/Kent), England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1868|10|5|1829|6|5}}
|         death_place = [Calcutta](/source/Kolkata), [Bengal Presidency](/source/Bengal_Presidency),<br>[British India](/source/British_India)
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|            nickname = 
|              family = [William Fenn](/source/William_Fenn_(cricketer)) (brother)
|             batting = Unknown
|             bowling = 
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1851
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 3
|               runs1 = 56
|            bat avg1 = 14.00
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 25
|      hidedeliveries = true
|  catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
|                date = 17 July
|                year = 2020
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13261.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Samuel Fenn''' (5 June 1829 – 25 October 1868) was an [English](/source/English_people) first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er.

The son of the Reverend Joseph Fenn, the minister of [Blackheath Park](/source/Blackheath_Park) Chapel, he was born at [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath%2C_London) in June 1829. He was educated at [Blackheath Proprietary School](/source/Blackheath_Proprietary_School) before going up to [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venn |first1=John |title=Alumni Cantabrigienses |date=2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=479 |volume=2nd |url=https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri02univuoft/page/478/mode/2up |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he made two appearances in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) in 1851, playing against the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) and [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) in [The University Match](/source/The_University_Match_(cricket)). He graduated from Cambridge in 1852, and in that same year he featured in a first-class match for the [Gentlemen of Kent](/source/Gentlemen_of_Kent) against the [Gentlemen of England](/source/Gentlemen_of_England) at [Lord's](/source/Lord's).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36787/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Samuel Fenn |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-17 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> His total first-class career yielded him 56 runs with a high score of 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36787/36787.html |title=Player profile: Samuel Fenn |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-17 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Fenn died at [Calcutta](/source/Kolkata) in [British India](/source/British_India) in October 1868. His brothers [Joseph](/source/Joseph_Finch_Fenn) and [William](/source/William_Fenn_(cricketer)) were both [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) clergy and first-class cricketers.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=13261}}

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Category:1829 births
Category:1868 deaths
Category:People from Blackheath, London
Category:Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Lewisham
Category:People educated at Blackheath Proprietary School
Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Category:English cricketers
Category:Cambridge University cricketers
Category:Gentlemen of Kent cricketers
Category:19th-century English sportsmen

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