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Peter Henry Blagg (11 September 1918 – 18 March 1943) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.

Life and career

Blagg was educated at Shrewsbury School, where he played in the First XI from 1935 to 1937. He went up to Oxford University, where after his exams in 1939 he replaced Manning Clark as wicket-keeper in the university team, playing the remaining ten matches of the season and gaining his Blue.

He made a number of stumpings off the Oxford spin bowlers. In the match against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) he stumped three off the leg-spin of Algernon Marsham, including Denis Compton. He batted low in the order, with a highest score of 28 not out against Somerset. His last first-class match was Oxford's victory over Cambridge University.

Blagg was also awarded a Blue for football in 1939.

In World War II Blagg served as a lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He died in action near Donbaik in Burma in March 1943, and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial.

References

1. Miscellaneous matches played by Peter Blagg
2. Geoffrey Partington, "Stumped for Grace", Quadrant, December 2004, p. 56.
3. MCC v Oxford University 1939
4. Somerset v Oxford University 1939
5. Oxford University v Cambridge University 1939
6. Supplementary war deaths 1940-44, Wisden 1946. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
7. Casualty details: Blagg, Peter Henry

External links

• Peter Blagg at Cricinfo
• Peter Blagg at CricketArchive

• 1918 births
• 1943 deaths
• English cricketers
• Oxford University cricketers
• People educated at Shrewsbury School
• Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
• Royal Welch Fusiliers officers
• British Army personnel killed in World War II
• Cricketers from Nottingham
• Military personnel from Nottingham
• Cricketers from Nottinghamshire