Alnod Boger
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| Full name | Alnod John Boger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 August 1871 Stonehouse,Devon,England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 June 1940(aged 68) Oxford,Oxfordshire,England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armslow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1891–1892 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alnod John BogerJP(31 August 1871 – 3 June 1940) was anEnglishfirst-classcricketerand barrister.
The son of Hext Boger and Blanche Luz Bacon (daughter of Major GeneralAnthony Bacon), he was born in August 1871 atStonehouse, Devon.[1]He was educated atWindlesham House SchoolandWinchester College,before going up toMagdalen College, Oxford.[2][3]
While studying at Oxford, Boger made six appearances infirst-class cricketforOxford Universityin 1891 and 1892.[4]He scored a total of 143 runs in his six matches, at anaverageof 13.00 and a high score of 41not out.[5]With his right-armslow bowling,he took 9 wickets with best figures of 6 for 63,[6]which came against theMarylebone Cricket Clubon debut in 1891.[7]He gained abluein cricket and represented the university ingolfin 1893 and 1894.[8]After graduating from Oxford, he wascalled to the baras a member of theInner Temple.
Ineligible for active service as the result of losing an eye in a shooting accident, he volunteered as an ambulance driver for theBritish Red Cross Societyat the start ofWorld War Iand ended the conflict as a lieutenant in theRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve.[9][10][11]He later served as ajustice of the peaceand was theHigh Sheriff of Cornwallin 1925.[1][12]
Boger died atOxfordin June 1940.[8]
Works
[edit]- The story of General Bacon: being a short biography of a peninsula and Waterloo veteran.London: Methuen, 1903.
- The road I travelled.Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1936.
References
[edit]- ^ab"Alnod John Boger".www.thepeerage.com.Retrieved9 January2020.
- ^Wilson, G. Herbert (1937).History of Windlesham House School 1837-1937.London: McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.
- ^"Player profile: Alnod Boger".CricketArchive.Retrieved9 January2020.
- ^"First-Class Matches played by Alnod Boger".CricketArchive.Retrieved9 January2020.
- ^"First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alnod Boger".CricketArchive.Retrieved9 January2020.
- ^"First-class Bowling For Each Team by Alnod Boger".CricketArchive.Retrieved9 January2020.
- ^"Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1891".CricketArchive.Retrieved9 January2020.
- ^ab"Wisden - Obituaries in 1940".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved9 January2020.
- ^"WO 372 - War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War".The National Archives Website: Discovery.Retrieved5 May2020.
- ^"Former High Sheriff: Mr. A. J. Boger Dies In Oxford Nursing Home".Western Morning News.6 June 1940.
- ^"Anthony Memorial Service - Mr. A. J. Boger - Tribute To A Great Sportsman".Western Morning News.10 June 1940.
- ^"No. 33031".The London Gazette.20 March 1925. p. 1951.
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- 1871 births
- 1940 deaths
- Royal Navy officers
- Military personnel from Plymouth, Devon
- Cricketers from Plymouth, Devon
- People educated at Winchester College
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Members of the Inner Temple
- English barristers
- English justices of the peace
- High Sheriffs of Cornwall
- People educated at Windlesham House School
- Royal Navy officers of World War I
- Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War I