Bernard Nevile

Infobox Old Cricketer


nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = Eng
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngname = Bernard Nevile
batting style = unknown
bowling style = Right arm fast
FCs = 6
FC runs = 65
FC bat avg = 8.12
FC 100s/50s = 0/0
FC top score = 17*
FC balls = 260
FC wickets = 7
FC bowl avg = 21.28
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 4-53
FC catches/stumpings = 1/0
debut date = 10 June
debut year = 1912
last date = 26 July
last year = 1913
source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18099.html Cricinfo

Captain Bernard Philip Nevile (1 August 1888 - 11 February 1916) was an English cricketer who played five first-class games for Worcestershire in 1913, and another for Free Foresters a year earlier. He also played for and captained "Deaths in the war, 1916", Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1917] Lincolnshire in the Minor Counties Championship.

Career

Born at Wellingore Hall, Lincolnshire, Nevile made his first-class debut in June 1912, playing for Free Foresters against Cambridge University, scoring 4 in his only innings and bowling a single over without reward. He attended Cambridge himself, not getting into the First XI, but gaining a blue for golf .

The following season he appeared five times for Worcestershire, but only twice made an impression. Against Kent in mid-July he took 3-29 in the first innings (his maiden wicket being that of opener Punter Humphreys); and against Surrey a fortnight later, in what proved to be his final game, he claimed a career-best 4-53.

Nevile joined the Army in World War I, and served in the Lincolnshire Regiment . He was killed near Ypres, Belgium at the age of just 27.

His brother Charles also played for Lincolnshire at minor counties level, but did not make a first-class appearance.

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* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31690/31690.html Statistical summary] from CricketArchive