Education
Born in Kensington, London, Orr attended Bedford School in Bedford, and later played for Cambridge University in 1886 and 1887.
Born in Kensington, London, Orr attended Bedford School in Bedford, and later played for Cambridge University in 1886 and 1887.
He played a single match for the Melbourne Cricket Club against Lord Sheffield"s XI during the English team"s 1891-1892 tour, and later moved to Western Australia, where he was the state"s inaugural cricket captain. Orr captained the team in each of its first two matches, with Western Australia losing both. Returning to England, Orr was made a second lieutenant in the Cadet Corps (Bedford County School) in 1902, attached to the 1st Bedfordshire Regiment of the Royal Engineers.
Orr died in Sevenoaks, Kent, in May 1940.