Peter Blagg
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| Full name | Peter Henry Blagg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
11 September 1918 Basford, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
18 March 1943 (aged 24) Donbaik, Burma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Henry Blagg (born 11 September 1918 in Basford, Nottinghamshire, died 18 March 1943, near Donbaik, Burma) was a first-class cricketer and soldier.
Blagg was educated at Shrewsbury School, where he played in the First XI from 1935 to 1937.[1] He went up to Oxford University, where after his exams in 1939 he replaced Manning Clark as wicket-keeper in the university team,[2] playing the remaining ten matches of the season and gaining his Blue.
He made a number of stumpings off the Oxford spin bowlers. In the match against MCC he stumped three off the leg-spin of Algernon Marsham, including Denis Compton.[3] He batted low in the order, with a highest score of 28 not out against Somerset.[4] His last first-class match was the victory over Cambridge University.[5]
He was also awarded a Blue for football in 1939.[6]
In World War II he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He died in action in Burma in March 1943, and is buried at the Rangoon Memorial.[7]
References
- ↑ Miscellaneous matches played by Peter Blagg
- ↑ Geoffrey Partington, "Stumped for Grace", Quadrant, December 2004, p. 56.
- ↑ MCC v Oxford University 1939
- ↑ Somerset v Oxford University 1939
- ↑ Oxford University v Cambridge University 1939
- ↑ Supplementary war deaths 1940-44, Wisden 1946. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ↑ Casualty details: Blagg, Peter Henry