Peter Blagg

Peter Henry Blagg (11 September 1918 – 18 March 1943) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.

Peter Blagg
Personal information
Full name
Peter Henry Blagg
Born(1918-09-11)11 September 1918
Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
Died18 March 1943(1943-03-18) (aged 24)
near Donbaik, Burma
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 67
Batting average 8.37
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 28 not out
Catches/stumpings 17/12
Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2014

Life and career

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 Oxford's victory over Cambridge University.[5]

Blagg was also awarded a Blue for football in 1939.[6]

In World War II Blagg served as a lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He died in action near Donbaik in Burma in March 1943, and is commemorated on 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
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