- Boris Collingwood
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Boris Collingwood
country = England
fullname = Boris Esmond Collingwood
nickname =
living =
dayofbirth = 8
monthofbirth = 1
yearofbirth = 1920
placeofbirth =Hither Green ,London
countryofbirth =England
dayofdeath = 18
monthofdeath = 11
yearofdeath = 1968
placeofdeath =Storrington ,West Sussex
countryofdeath =England
batting = Right-handed batsman
bowling =
role = Middle order batsman
club1 = Cambridge University, Somerset
year1 = 1948-1953
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 19 May
debutyear1 = 1948
debutfor1 = Cambridge University
debutagainst1 = Northamptonshire
lastdate1 = 13 August
lastyear1 = 1953
lastfor1 = Somerset
lastagainst1 = Nottinghamshire
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 2
runs1 = 21
bat avg1 = 7.00
100s/50s1 = -/-
top score1 = 15
deliveries1 = -
wickets1 = -
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = -
catches/stumpings1 = 2/-
date = 9 Sept
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3491/3491.html CricketArchiveBoris Esmond Collingwood, born at
Hither Green ,London on January 8, 1920 and died atStorrington ,West Sussex on November 18, 1968, playedfirst-class cricket in two matches, one each for Cambridge University and Somerset.A schoolboy first-eleven cricketer at
Dulwich College for four seasons before theSecond World War and captain in 1939, Collingwood was 28 before the first of his first-class appearances for Cambridge came in the 1948 season. [cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18437.html | title = Cambridge University v Northamptonshire |date =1948-05-19 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2008-09-09] He also played for the university once in a non-first-class match that season. [cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/136/136899.html | title = Worcestershire v Cambridge University |date =1948-06-30 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2008-09-09]Five years later, he turned out once for Somerset, at the time a very weak team, in a match at Weston-super-Mare against Nottinghamshire. [cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20828.html | title = Somerset v Nottinghamshire |date =
1953-08-12 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2008-09-09] He made 15 and 1 as Somerset subsided to an innings defeat in two days.References
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