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Osmond Charles Ardagh (1 November 1900 – 1 February 1954)[1] was an English first-class cricketer who played a single match for Oxford University in 1922.[2] He was born at Haslemere, Surrey and was found drowned in the river Thames at Wallingford, then in Berkshire.

Osmond Ardagh

Personal information
Full name	Osmond Charles Ardagh
Born	(1900-11-01)1 November 1900 Haslemere, England
Died	1 February 1954(1954-02-01) (aged 53) Berkshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1922	Oxford University
Only FC	24 June 1922 Oxford Univ. v Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 2 Batting average 2.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 2 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 January 2009

Cricket career

In his single first-class cricket appearance, he opened the batting in the match against Leicestershire and scored just two runs.[3] He also played a few matches for Surrey's second eleven in the Minor Counties in 1920 and 1922.[2]

Personal life

In 1925, when his forthcoming marriage to Margot Irene Biheller was announced in The Times, he was credited as "of the Nyasaland Government Service".[4] When she died in 1969, The Times recorded that they had had two sons, John and Hugh.[5] His son John Ardagh was a noted journalist and writer on contemporary France. His grandson Arjuna Ardagh is a writer, and the founder of Awakening Coaching.

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