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Born in Clitheroe in 1912, Rowland Musson was educated at Tonbridge School, where he was in the cricket team for three seasons.
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He played Lancashire League cricket for East Lancashire and first-class cricket for the Combined Services. He was commissioned as an acting pilot in the Royal Air Force in 1933 and spent several years serving in Egypt and the East. Whilst in Egypt, he played four matches for the Egypt national cricket team against Her Majesty Martineau"s XI between 1935 and 1936 and made world record flights.
Back in England, he played his one first-class match in the 1937 season, representing the Combined Services in a match against New Zealand.
In 1941, he played twice for the Royal Air Force cricket team against the Army, including one match at Lord"son He was killed in Devon in August 1943 whilst serving with the Coastal Command.
