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Alnod Boger
Personal information
Full name
Alnod John Boger
Born31 August 1871
Stonehouse, Devon, England
Died3 June 1940(1940-06-03) (aged 68)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1891–1892Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 143
Batting average 13.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 41*
Balls bowled 474
Wickets 9
Bowling average 25.00
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 6/63
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 January 2020

Alnod John Boger JP (31 August 1871 – 3 June 1940) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

The son of Hext Boger and Blanche Luz Bacon (daughter of Major General Anthony Bacon), he was born in August 1871 at Stonehouse, Devon.[1] He was educated at Windlesham House School and Winchester College, before going up to Magdalen College, Oxford.[2][3]

While studying at Oxford, Boger made six appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1891 and 1892.[4] He scored a total of 143 runs in his six matches, at an average of 13.00 and a high score of 41 not out.[5] With his right-arm slow bowling, he took 9 wickets with best figures of 6 for 63,[6] which came against the Marylebone Cricket Club on debut in 1891.[7] He gained a blue in cricket and represented the university in golf in 1893 and 1894.[8] After graduating from Oxford, he was called to the bar as a member of the Inner Temple.

Ineligible for active service as the result of losing an eye in a shooting accident, he volunteered as an ambulance driver for the British Red Cross Society at the start of World War I and ended the conflict as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.[9][10][11] He later served as a justice of the peace and was the High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1925.[1][12]

Boger died at Oxford in June 1940.[8]

Works

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  • The story of General Bacon: being a short biography of a peninsula and Waterloo veteran. London: Methuen, 1903.
  • The road I travelled. Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1936.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Alnod John Boger". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ Wilson, G. Herbert (1937). History of Windlesham House School 1837-1937. London: McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.
  3. ^ "Player profile: Alnod Boger". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Alnod Boger". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alnod Boger". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Alnod Boger". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1891". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Wisden - Obituaries in 1940". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  9. ^ "WO 372 - War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War". The National Archives Website: Discovery. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Former High Sheriff: Mr. A. J. Boger Dies In Oxford Nursing Home". Western Morning News. 6 June 1940.
  11. ^ "Anthony Memorial Service - Mr. A. J. Boger - Tribute To A Great Sportsman". Western Morning News. 10 June 1940.
  12. ^ "No. 33031". The London Gazette. 20 March 1925. p. 1951.
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