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30 November 1924 Hale, Cheshire, England |
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14 February 2002 Burford, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 77)
Myles Alan Boddington (30 November 1924 – 14 February 2002) was an English first-class cricketer, noted racehorse breeder and president of the English Golf Union.
The son of the first-class cricketer Robert Boddington and his wife Constance Mary Cornall, he was born at Hale, Cheshire.[1] He was educated at Rugby School, where he played cricket for the school cricket team and was regarded as a "a fast bowler of height and hostility".[1] He played for the school in their centenary match in 1941 against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), marking a hundred years since the MCC played a Rugby School side captained by Thomas Hughes.[1] After leaving Rugby School, Boddington briefly served in the Royal Air Force, during which he played for the Royal Air Force cricket team in a first-class cricket match against Worcestershire at Worcester in 1946.[2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring in the Royal Air Force first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 23 runs by Peter Jackson.[3] Despite interest in this match surrounding his bowling, he was only able to bowl three overs before pulling up injured.[1]
Three years later, he married Joan Dorothy Johnson, with the couple having three children.[4] He later moved to Burford in Oxfordshire, where he owned a farm on which he bred pigs and race horses.[4] He was an amateur golfer of some repute. He held several administrative positions, including as president of the English Golf Union.[4] He owned several racehorses that took part in National Hunt racing.[4] He died at Burford in February 2002.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Wisden - Obituaries in 2002". ESPNcricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155072.html. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Myles Boddington". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27976/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ↑ "Worcestershire v Royal Air Force, 1946". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17690.html. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Person record: Myles Alan Boddington". www.boddington-family.org.uk. http://boddington-family.org.uk/families/display_person.php?p=738. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
External links[]
- Player profile: M from ESPNcricinfo
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