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English cricketer

Cecil Bodington
Personal information
Full nameCecil Herbert Bodington
Born20 January 1880
Suffield, Norfolk, England
Died11 April 1917(1917-04-11) (aged 37)
Near Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1901–1902Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 154
Batting average 11.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 36
Balls bowled 375
Wickets 9
Bowling average 31.88
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/19
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 January 2010

Cecil Herbert Bodington (20 January 1880 – 11 April 1917) was an English cricketer and educator.

The son of The Reverend Herbert James Bodington, he was born in January 1880 at Suffield, Norfolk. He was educated firstly at a national school in Overstrand, before going to Charterhouse School on a junior scholarship in 1893. Three years later he went up to The King's School, Canterbury on a senior scholarship, where he played both rugby union and cricket for the school. From there, he matriculated to Peterhouse, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a member of Cambridge University Cricket Club but did not play at first-class level for the university. However, he did play first-class cricket during his studies in 1901 and 1902 for Hampshire on ten occasions, making nine appearances in the County Championship and a further appearance against the touring Australians. In these matches, he scored 154 runs at an average of exactly 11, with a highest score of 36. With the ball, he took 9 wickets at a bowling average of 31.88, with best figures of 3 for 19.

After graduating from Cambridge, he went to The Cape. From there, he went to British India, where he was tutor to three sons of the Maharaja of Kapurthala. He later returned to England, where he became an assistant master at Elstree School and Stanmore Park Preparatory School. Bodington served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in November 1914, the same month in which he was appointed to the Household Battalion. He was made a temporary lieutenant in April 1916, before being appointed a temporary captain in September of the same year. Bodington was killed in action on 11 April 1917 during the Battle of Arras.

References

  1. ^ McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 418. ISBN 978-1473864191.
  2. ^ Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 307.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Cecil Bodington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Cecil Bodington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  5. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Cecil Bodington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. "No. 28976". The London Gazette. 13 November 1914. p. 9376.
  7. "No. 29075". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1915. p. 1711.
  8. "No. 29567". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 May 1916. p. 4442.
  9. "No. 29772". The London Gazette. 3 October 1916. p. 9560.
  10. "Wisden - Obituaries during the war, 1917". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

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