Lives in Cricket No 5 - Rockley Wilson

Acknowledgements The writer is most grateful to Jocelyn Wilson, wife of the late David Wilson, who was the son of Clement Eustace Macro Wilson and Rockley Wilson’s nephew; and to Christopher Wilson, David Wilson’s son, for the loan of various of David Wilson’s papers, photographs and Press cuttings relating to Clement and Rockley Wilson. When drawn on by the writer, these are referred to as the Wilson papers. The writer wishes warmly to thank David Jeater of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians for his encouragement and careful editing of the text; Zahra Ridge for her work on the cover design; Philip Bailey for his statistical assistance; Roger Mann and the Wilson family for help with illustrations; Peter Hartland and Ian Grey for their proof-reading. Other persons the writer wishes to thank are Glenys Williams, MCC Archivist and Historian; Susanne Foster, Deputy Archivist, Winchester College; Rusty Mclean, Archivist, Rugby School; Peter Griffiths, Roger Heavens, Andrew Hignell, Bobi Owen and Christopher Finch. 107