Desmond Eagar

Desmond Eagar

Personal information
Full name	Edward Desmond Russell Eagar
Born	8 December 1917(1917-12-08) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Died	13 September 1977(1977-09-13) (aged 59) Kingsbridge, Devon, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1935–1939	Gloucestershire
1938–1939	Oxford University
1946–1957	Hampshire
1952–1958	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition	FC
Matches	363
Runs scored	12178
Batting average	21.86
100s/50s	10/52
Top score	158*
Balls bowled	1972
Wickets	31
Bowling average	47.77
5 wickets in innings	1
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	6/66
Catches/stumpings	369/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 August 2009

Edward Desmond Russell Eagar (born 8 December 1917 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; died 13 September 1977 at Kingsbridge, Devon) was an English cricketer who as secretary and captain of Hampshire was instrumental, through organisation, captaincy and recruitment, in raising the county team from perennial also-rans to the point where, in the seasons after he retired from playing, it was runner-up and then, in 1961, the champions in the County Championship for the first time in its history. As a cricketer, he was a right-handed middle-order batsman who bowled occasional slow left-arm orthodox spin.

Eagar played for Gloucestershire from 1935-1939. He briefly played for Oxford University from 1938-1939. During the Second World War no first-class cricket was played in England. It was therefore seven years before Eagar resumed his county career with Hampshire, for whom he played for between 1946–1957, captaining the side for those eleven years.

Eagar retired from first-class at the end of the 1958 County Championship Season after playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club. Eagar died in 1977 in Kingsbridge, Devon at the age of 59.

The cricket photographer Patrick Eagar is his son.^[1]

References

1. ^ Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, 1978 edition, Obituaries in 1977

External links

• Desmond Eagar at Cricinfo
• Desmond Eagar at CricketArchive

Sporting positions
Preceded by George Taylor	Hampshire cricket captain 1946–1957	Succeeded by Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie

Persondata
Name	Eagar, Desmond
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	8 December 1917
Place of birth	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Date of death	13 September 1977
Place of death	Kingsbridge, Devon