Background
He was born at Greenwich, Kent.
He was born at Greenwich, Kent.
Rumsey was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast. Rumsey made his first-class debut for Kent against Hampshire at the Private Banks Sports Ground in 1875. He made two further first-class appearances for Kent in that season, against Derbyshire and Surrey.
He took 7 wickets in his three matches at an average of 20.00, with his best figures of 5/48 coming on debut against Hampshire.
With the bat, he scored a total of 20 runs at a batting average of 5.00 and a high score of 13. He died at the town of his birth on 12 June 1884.