Arthur Brodhurst
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| Full name | Arthur Hugh Brodhurst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 July 1916 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 June 2006 (aged 89) Winchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Podge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Harry Altham (father-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1937–39 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939–46 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arthur Hugh ("Podge") Brodhurst (1916 – 2006) was an English cricketer and schoolteacher.
Brodhurst was educated at Malvern College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Gloucestershire from 1937 to 1946, re-appearing in a single first-class game for MCC in Canada in 1951. During the Second World War he was in the Royal Artillery commanding anti-aircraft units in the North African desert; later he was liaison officer with the Czech Armoured Brigade and ended the war as town major of Haarlem, where he re-introduced cricket to Holland. He taught at Winchester College from 1946 to 1978, including three periods in charge of cricket, and was a housemaster from 1954 to 1970.[1] His nickname there was Ahab in recognition of his initials and his obsessive behaviour.
Brodhurst married Meg, daughter of the cricket historian Harry Altham who was also a housemaster at Winchester College. They had three children.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "'Podge' Brodhurst (obituary)". The Telegraoh. 8 July 2006.
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