Roy Kilner

Roy Kilner was an English professional cricketer who played nine Test matches for England between 1924 and 1926. An all-rounder, he played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1911 and 1927. In all first-class matches, he scored 14,707 runs at an average of 30.01 and took 1,003 wickets at an average of 18.45. Kilner scored 1,000 runs in a season ten times and took 100 wickets in a season five times. On four occasions, he completed the double: scoring 1,000 runs and taking 100 wickets in the same season, recognised as a sign of a quality all-rounder.

17 October 1890

Born on the same birth day (17 October): Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias • Constant Djakpa • Domenico Zipoli • Evel Knievel • Francis Turretin • Holly Holm • Jake DeBrusk • Junichi Miyashita • Lawrence Bender • Matthew Macfadyen • Nathan Field • Ronni Chasen

Born in the same month (October 1890): Aleksander Maaker • Emilio Portes Gil • Floyd Bennett • Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi • Groucho Marx • Kōtarō Tanaka (judge) • Maria Goretti • Michael Collins (Irish leader) • Osman Cemal Kaygılı • Paul Strand • Stanley Holloway • Toshinari Shōji • Álvaro de Campos