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| Full name | Cecil Herbert Bodington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1880 Suffield,Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 April 1917(1917-04-11) (aged 37) NearArras,Pas-de-Calais, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1901–1902 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,19 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cecil Herbert Bodington (20 January 1880 – 11 April 1917) was an Englishcricketer and educator.
The son of The Reverend Herbert James Bodington, he was born in January 1880 atSuffield, Norfolk. He was educated firstly at anational school inOverstrand, before going toCharterhouse School on a junior scholarship in 1893. Three years later he went up toThe King's School, Canterbury on a senior scholarship, where he played bothrugby union and cricket for the school.[1] From there, he matriculated toPeterhouse, Cambridge.[2] At Cambridge, he was a member ofCambridge University Cricket Club but did not play atfirst-class level for the university. However, he did play first-class cricket during his studies in 1901 and 1902 forHampshire on ten occasions, making nine appearances in theCounty Championship and a further appearance against the touringAustralians.[3] In these matches, he scored 154 runs at anaverage of exactly 11, with a highest score of 36.[4] With the ball, he took 9 wickets at abowling average of 31.88, with best figures of 3 for 19.[5]
After graduating from Cambridge, he went toThe Cape. From there, he went toBritish India, where he was tutor to three sons of theMaharaja of Kapurthala.[2] He later returned to England, where he became an assistant master atElstree School and Stanmore Park Preparatory School.[1] Bodington served in theBritish Army during theFirst World War, being commissioned as a temporarysecond lieutenant in November 1914,[6] the same month in which he was appointed to theHousehold Battalion.[7] He was made a temporarylieutenant in April 1916,[8] before being appointed a temporarycaptain in September of the same year.[9] Bodington was killed in action on 11 April 1917 during theBattle of Arras.[10]
