Boris Esmond Collingwood (8 January 1920 at Hither Green, London – 18 November 1968 at Storrington, West Sussex), played first-class cricket in two matches, one each for Cambridge University and Somerset.
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Full name | Boris Esmond Collingwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1920-01-08)8 January 1920 Hither Green, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 November 1968(1968-11-18) (aged 48) Storrington, West Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Middle order batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1948-1953 | Cambridge University, Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 19 May 1948 Cambridge University v Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 13 August 1953 Somerset v Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 9 September 2008 |
A schoolboy first-eleven cricketer at Dulwich College for four seasons before the Second World War and captain in 1939, Collingwood was 28 before the first of his first-class appearances for Cambridge came in the 1948 season.[1] He also played for the university once in a non-first-class match that season.[2]
Five years later, he turned out once for Somerset, at the time a very weak team, in a match at Weston-super-Mare against Nottinghamshire.[3] He made 15 and 1 as Somerset subsided to an innings defeat in two days.