Peter Blagg

Peter Henry Blagg (born 11 September 1918 in Basford, Nottinghamshire, died 18 March 1943, near Donbaik, Burma) was a first-class cricketer and soldier.

Peter Blagg

Personal information
Full name	Peter Henry Blagg
Born	(1918-09-11)11 September 1918 Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	18 March 1943(1943-03-18) (aged 24) Donbaik, Burma
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicketkeeper
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 10 Runs scored 67 Batting average 8.37 100s/50s –/– Top score 28 not out Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 17/12
Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2014

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 Marylebone Cricket Club (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

1. Miscellaneous matches played by Peter Blagg
2. Geoffrey Partington, "Stumped for Grace", Quadrant, December 2004, p. 56.
3. MCC v Oxford University 1939
4. Somerset v Oxford University 1939
5. Oxford University v Cambridge University 1939
6. Supplementary war deaths 1940-44, Wisden 1946. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
7. Casualty details: Blagg, Peter Henry

External links

• Peter Blagg at Cricinfo
• Peter Blagg at CricketArchive