Donald Boumphrey
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| Full name | Donald Boumphrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Colin Boumphrey (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1928 | Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914–1933 | Cheshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donald Boumphrey (4 October 1892 – 12 September 1971) was an English cricketer. Boumphrey's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire.
Boumphrey made his debut for Cheshire in the 1914 Minor Counties Championship against Northumberland. Boumphrey played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1914 to 1933, which included 41 Minor Counties Championship matches[1] In 1928, he played his only first-class match representing Wales against the touring West Indians.[2] In this match he opened the batting for Wales, scoring 6 runs in the Welsh first-innings before being dismissed by George Francis and in their second-innings he scored 4 runs, before being dismissed by Learie Constantine.[3]
He served in the British Army during the First World War and once mentioned in dispatches in the London Gazette. One such mention confirmed his awarding of the Military Cross in 1917, at which time he held the rank of Temporary Lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps.[4] Following the war he began coaching cricket and rugby at Rydal Penrhos school, an association which was to last for forty years.[5] With the onset of the Second World War, he was mentioned in dispatches in the London Gazette in 1943, having been granted the rank of 2nd Lieutenant for his service with the Army Cadet Force. He was based in Caernarfonshire at the time.[6]
His brother, Colin, who played a single first-class match for the Royal Air Force died in 1945. Following his death, Boumphrey made a claim for his brothers home in Aughton, Lancashire.[7] It was in that home that Boumphrey died on September 12, 1971.
References
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Donald Boumphrey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Donald Boumphrey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ "Wales v West Indians, 1928". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 1917-12-28. - ^ "Dolphins Cricket Club". www.rydalpenrhos.com. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ "No. 36228". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 1943-10-29. - ^ "No. 37085". The London Gazette. 1945-05-18.
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- 1892 births
- 1971 deaths
- People from Birkenhead
- People from Cheshire
- English cricketers
- Cheshire cricketers
- British Army officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Wales cricketers
- English educators
- Cricket coaches
- English rugby union coaches
- British Army personnel of World War II