- Nicholas Vere-Hodge
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Personal information Full name Nicholas Vere-Hodge Born 31 October 1912
Woodford Green, Essex, EnglandDied 7 December 2005 (aged 93)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Role Occasional wicket-keeper Domestic team information Years Team 1936–1939 Essex Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 23 Runs scored 713 Batting average 22.28 100s/50s 2/3 Top score – Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 11/– Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2011 Nicholas Vere-Hodge MB, FRCS, BCh, LRCP[1][2] (31 October 1912 – 7 December 2005) was an English cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. In cricket, Vere-Hodge was a right-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Woodford Green, Essex.
He made his first-class debut for Essex in the 1936 County Championship against Kent. He made 22 further first-class appearances for Essex, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in the 1939 County Championship.[3] In his 23 first-class appearances, he scored 713 runs at an average of 22.28, in the process making 3 half centuies and 2 centuries.[4] His highest score of 108 came against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the 1937 County Championship.[5] This season, in which he featured in 12 first-class matches, was also his most successful with the bat, with Hodge scoring 509 runs at an average of 26.78.[6] The start of World War II after the 1939 season brought an end to his first-class career.
During the war, Vere-Hodge served in the Royal Air Force, with him holding the rank of Flight Lieutenant by February 1942.[2] In the final months of the war, Vere-Hodge was by then a part of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.[7] After the war, he played for the Royal Air Force cricket team against the Army at Lord's Cricket Ground, in a match which did not have first-class status.[8] He died in Salisbury, Wiltshire on 7 December 2005.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Telegraph Announcements - Vere-Hodge". The Daily Telegraph. December 2005. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/17743/vere-hodge. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ a b London Gazette: no. 35460. p. 787. 1942-02-17.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Nicholas Vere-Hodge". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5342/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nicholas Vere-Hodge". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5342/f_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Essex, 1937 County Championship". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16393.html. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Nicholas Vere-Hodge". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5342/f_Batting_by_Season.html. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37119. p. 2994. 1945-06-08.
- ^ "Army v Royal Air Force, 1946". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/136/136820.html. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
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- People from Woodford, London
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- English wicket-keepers
- Essex cricketers
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- Royal Air Force officers
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
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