David Money

David Charles Money (5 October 1918 – 7 October 2004) was an English first-class cricketer.

Money was born at Oxford in October 1918, where he studied at St John's at the University of Oxford, graduating with a degree in chemistry in 1940.[1] He had debuted in minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire in the 1938 Minor Counties Championship.[2] After graduating he fought in the Second World War, ensliting with the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant in November 1940.[3] Following the end of the war he married Madge Matthews in November 1945, as well as resuming studying at the University of Oxford.[1] He played two further minor counties matches for Oxfordshire in 1946,[2] before appearing for Oxford University in a first-class match against the Combined Services at Oxford in 1947.[4]

After graduating with a degree in geography in 1947, he took up a teaching post at Bedford School.[1] He was made a lieutenant while instructing the Bedford School contingent of the Officers' Training Corps.[5] He began playing minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire in 1950, with Money playing for Bedfordshire until 1952, making fourteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[2] Outside of his teaching career, Money published several books on geographical subjects between 1954–2000.[1] He died at Bedford in October 2004.