Background
He was born at Farningham in Kent and died at Balcombe in Sussex. Rashleigh was the son of farmer and cricketer William Boys Rashleigh.
He was born at Farningham in Kent and died at Balcombe in Sussex. Rashleigh was the son of farmer and cricketer William Boys Rashleigh.
He played in the Tonbridge School XI from 1882 to 1885, and made his first-class debut for Kent on 24 August 1885. Going up to Oxford University that autumn, he gained his blue as a freshman. Altogether in first class cricket he passed one hundred in nine innings.
The right-handed batsman"s top score of 163 was made against Middlesex in June 1896.
After occupying posts at Uppingham School and Tonbridge as assistant master, Rashleigh took Holy Orders in 1892. He was a minor canon at Canterbury Cathedral between 1903 and 1912, rector of Street George"s, Canterbury from 1912-1916, and subsequently vicar of Horton Kirby and Ridgmont.