Career
Congreve was a keen cricketer and played regularly for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1872 and 1876 in minor matches. He also played for the Civil Service, Sleaford and the Surrey Club. In the second pseudo international football match, Congreve played for the Scotland XI.
The match ended in a 1–0 victory for the English, with the goal coming from R.S.F. Walker.
Congreve was listed in the 1881 census as lodging in Stormont Road, Battersea. He was described as a civil servant, working in the Exchequer & Audit Office Examining Branch.
Congreve was listed as playing for the "Old Rugbeians" at the time of his appearance for Scotland. There is no sign of him, however, in the "Register" for the period from August 1842 to January 1874.
The register does list Richard Congreve as a master at the school between 1845 and 1848.
lieutenant is not clear if there was any connection between the two.
