Boris Collingwood

Boris Esmond Collingwood (8 January 1920 – 18 November 1968), played first-class cricket in two matches, one each for Cambridge University and Somerset. He was born at Hither Green in 1920.

Boris Collingwood
Personal information
Full name
Boris Esmond Collingwood
Born(1920-01-08)8 January 1920
Hither Green, London, England
Died18 November 1968(1968-11-18) (aged 48)
Storrington, West Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1948Cambridge University
1953Somerset
FC debut19 May 1948 Cambridge Univ. v Northamptonshire
Last FC13 August 1953 Somerset v Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 21
Batting average 7.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 15
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 9 September 2008

A schoolboy first-eleven cricketer at Dulwich College for four seasons before the Second World War and captain in 1939, Collingwood was 28 before the first of his first-class appearances for Cambridge came in the 1948 season.[1] He also played for the university once in a non-first-class match that season.[2]

Five years later, he turned out once for Somerset, at the time a very weak team, in a match at Weston-super-Mare against Nottinghamshire.[3] He made 15 and 1 as Somerset subsided to an innings defeat in two days. He died at Storrington, West Sussex in 1968.

References
  1. "Cambridge University v Northamptonshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 19 May 1948. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
  2. "Worcestershire v Cambridge University". www.cricketarchive.com. 30 June 1948. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
  3. "Somerset v Nottinghamshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 12 August 1953. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
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