William Savigny

William Henry Savigny was an Australian cricketer and academic.

Biography

Savigny was born in Sydney, the elder son of Rev. William Henry Savigny, from 1872 headmaster of Launceston Church Grammar School, and educated at his father's school. He won a scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, where he earned his BA degree in Law and a blue for rowing.
While at Oxford he played two two-day matches for Shropshire in 1885 while also playing club cricket at Shrewsbury. He played four first-class matches for Tasmania between 1888 and 1896.
He returned to Launceston, where he practised law with his brother-in-law John Singleton Clemons, then when Clemons entered politics he took a position with Sydney Grammar School and for 26 years taught English and Classics and coached athletics and the college rowing teams.
Savigny died after suffering a stroke while riding his bicycle in the Sydney suburb of Strathfield. In 1923 a memorial in the form of a brass plaque was unveiled at Sydney Grammar School in his memory.

Savigny married Mary Eveline Smith in Sheffield, England, on 18 March 1890 and had two daughters:

His brother John Savigny was a noted cricketer.