Philip Pank

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Philip Pank


country = England
fullname = Philip Esmond Durrell Pank
dayofbirth = 22
monthofbirth = 4
yearofbirth = 1892
placeofbirth = Jaypore, Rajasthan
countryofbirth = India
dayofdeath = 15
monthofdeath = 2
yearofdeath = 1966
placeofdeath = Colchester, Essex
countryofdeath = England
bowling = Left-arm orthodox spin
role = Bowler
club1 = Army
year1 = 1925
clubnumber1 =
club2 = cr|England
year2 = 1918
clubnumber2 =
club3 = Europeans (India)
year3 = 1918
type1 = First-class
onetype1 =
debutdate1 = 9 September
debutyear1 = 1918
debutfor1 = Europeans (India)
debutagainst1 = Hindus
lastdate1 = 3 June
lastyear1 = 1925
lastfor1 = Army
lastagainst1 = Oxford University
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 4
runs1 = 79
bat avg1 = 13.16
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 29
deliveries1 = 217
wickets1 = 9
bowl avg1 = 12.55
fivefor1 = 1
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 7/12
catches/stumpings1 = 3/0
date = 26 April
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14259/14259.html CricketArchive

Philip Esmond Durrell Pank (22 April 1892–15 February 1966) was an Indian born English cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18498.html Cricinfo profile] ] A left-arm orthodox spin bowler, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14259/14259.html CricketArchive profile] ] he played first-class cricket in India in 1918 and in England in 1925 [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14259/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Philip Pank] at CricketArchive] and played four times for the Egypt national cricket team. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14259/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Philip Pank] at CricketArchive]

Biography

Born in Jaypore in 1892, Philip Pank made his first-class debut playing for the Europeans in the Bombay Quadrangular tournament in September 1918. He played a match for England against India later in the year.

He played one first-class match during the 1925 English cricket season, playing for the British Army cricket team against Oxford University in June. He later played for Egypt, playing twice against the Free Foresters in 1927 and twice against HM Martineau's XI in 1931. He died in Colchester in 1966.

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