Peter Blagg

English cricketer and soldier

Peter Blagg

Personal information

Full name

Peter Henry Blagg

Born

(1918-09-11)11 September 1918
Basford, Nottinghamshire, England

Died

18 March 1943(1943-03-18) (aged 24)
near Donbaik, Burma

Batting

Right-handed

Role

Wicketkeeper

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

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

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]