Richard Power (cricketer)

{{short description|Irish cricketer}}

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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = Ireland

| fullname = Richard Wood Power

| birth_date = 2 February 1896

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1978|3|3|1896|2|2}}

| death_place = Fownhope, Herefordshire,
England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Ireland

| year1 = 1920–1926

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 78

| bat avg1 = 13.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 30

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 7 November

| year = 2018

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24496.html Cricinfo

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Richard Wood Power FRCSI (2 February 1896 – 3 March 1978) was an Irish first-class cricketer.

Power was born at Dublin in February 1896, and was educated in the city at Clongowes Wood College.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/IRELAND/PLAYERS/301/index.shtml |title=Player profile: Richard Wood Power |publisher=CricketEurope |accessdate=2018-11-07}} He studied surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, graduating with an MB in 1920. He played his club cricket in Dublin for Dublin University Cricket Club and Phoenix, Power made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1920.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26877/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Power |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-07}} He played in the same fixture the following season at Dublin. His next first-class appearance for Ireland came in 1925 on their tour of England and Wales, when he appeared against Wales at Llandudno. He toured England and Wales with Ireland the following year, making his final appearance in first-class cricket against Oxford University at Oxford. Across his four first-class matches, Power scored 78 runs at an average of 13.00, with a highest score of 30.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26877/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Power |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-07}} He left Ireland shortly after to practice surgery in England. He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps.{{London Gazette |issue=33169|date=4 June 1926|page=3656}} He died at Fownhope in England in March 1978.{{cite web |title=Player Profile: Richard Power |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/richard-power-24496 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 June 2024}}