Bernard Waddy

Bernard Broughton Waddy (3 July 1911 – 7 August 1981) was an Australian-born English first-class cricketer, physician and academic.

Bernard Waddy
Personal information
Full name
Bernard Broughton Waddy
Born3 July 1911
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Died7 August 1981(1981-08-07) (aged 70)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsStacy Waddy (father)
Mick Waddy (uncle)
Gar Waddy (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1932Oxford University
1934Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 49
Batting average 8.16
100s/50s –/–
Top score 26
Balls bowled 438
Wickets 7
Bowling average 29.42
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 2/11
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 July 2020

The son of the cricketer and clergyman Stacy Waddy, he was born at Parramatta in July 1911. He moved to England with his family as a child and was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1932, making two appearances against Leicestershire and Yorkshire.[2] He scored 11 runs and took 3 wickets for Oxford.[3][4] Two years later, he toured Ireland with the Marylebone Cricket Club, making two first-class appearances against the Ireland cricket team in Dublin at College Park and Observatory Lane.[2] He scored 38 runs on the tour and took 4 wickets.[3][4]

After graduating from Oxford, Waddy became a medical doctor, having trained at King's College Hospital. He was a specialist in epidemiology in the Gold Coast,[1] and during the Second World War he was commissioned as a second lieutenant with the African Colonial Force in April 1940.[5] He later served with the Royal Army Medical Corps attachment to the Colonial Force and was promoted to lieutenant in September 1943, antedated to April 1940.[6] Following the war, he moved into lecturing on the subject of tropical diseases and was said to have been interested in "any disease communicable on a large scale". He was a senior lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and also served in the capacity of overseas medical officer for Save the Children.[1][7] He was also a contributor to the New Scientist magazine.[1]

Waddy died at Winchester in August 1981. His uncles, Mich and Gar Waddy, both played first-class cricket.

References

  1. "Contributors". New Scientist. No. 220. 1 February 1961. p. 292. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Phil Gerrans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bernard Waddy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Bernard Waddy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. "No. 35294". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 September 1941. p. 5714.
  6. "No. 36177". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 September 1943. p. 4171.
  7. Tough, Alistair (1997). African Medical History. Bodleian Library. p. 34. ISBN 9781851240517.
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