While at Oxford he played two two-day matches for Shropshire in 1885 while also playing club cricket at Shrewsbury.[2] He played four first-class matches for Tasmania between 1888 and 1896.[3]
He returned to Launceston, where he practised law with his brother-in-law John Singleton Clemons, then when Clemons entered politics (he became one of Tasmania's first Senators) he took a position with Sydney Grammar School[4] and for 26 years taught English and Classics and coached athletics and the college rowing teams.[5]
Savigny died after suffering a stroke while riding his bicycle in the Sydney suburb of Strathfield. In 1923 a memorial in the form of a brass plaque was unveiled at Sydney Grammar School in his memory.[5]
Family
Savigny married Mary Eveline Smith ( – 22 July 1938) in Sheffield, England, on 18 March 1890[6] and had two daughters:
^"W. H. Savigny". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 26, 392. New South Wales, Australia. 7 August 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 3 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1908. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham, England. pp. 25, 50. ISBN1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
^"Cricket". The Launceston Examiner. Vol. L, no. 99. Tasmania, Australia. 26 April 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 3 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.