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[[Lieutenant Colonel|Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''Kanwar Shumshere Singh''' (21 June 1879 &ndash; 12 May 1975) was an Indian military doctor and [[cricket]]er.<ref name=carlaw>Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 491–492. ([https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_One_Revised_Expanded.pdf Available online] at the [[Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]]. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)</ref><br />
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Born in [[Bahraich]], Singh attended [[Rugby School]], where he made appearances for the school cricket eleven during 1896.<ref name="wisden">{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228576.html|title=1981 &ndash; Obituaries in 1980|work=[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]|accessdate=2008-10-16}}</ref> Proceeding to [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{acad|id= SN897KS|name=Singh, Kanwar Shrumshere}}</ref> he had a trial in 1901 with [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]'s cricket team, and played a solitary match for them against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5666.html|title=Cambridge University v Surrey in 1901|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-10-16}}</ref> He also played in four first-class matches for [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]].<ref name=kht>[https://kentcricketheritagetrust.wordpress.com/2018/07/25/kents-first-overseas-player/ Kent's first overseas player], Kent Cricket Heritage Trust, 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2018-12-13.</ref><br />
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He was noted as a batsman with a "strong defence" and a fine fielder.<ref name="wisden" /> <br />
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After Cambridge he trained as a doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London and qualified in 1905. He was commissioned into the [[Indian Medical Service]] in 1906, being steadily promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1926.<ref>Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930</ref> He retired in 1934.<ref>Indian Army Supplement January 1941</ref><br />
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At the time of his death in [[New Delhi]], he was the oldest surviving Kent cricketer.<ref name="wisden" /><br />
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