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Osmond Ardagh
Personal information
Full name
Osmond Charles Ardagh
Born(1900-11-01)1 November 1900
Haslemere, England
Died1 February 1954(1954-02-01) (aged 53)
Berkshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1922Oxford University
Only FC24 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

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

Cricket career

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

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". When she died in 1969, The Times recorded that they had had two sons, John and "Hugh." 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."

References

  1. ^ Levens, "R."G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 124.
  2. ^ "Player profile: Osmond Ardagh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Scorecard: Leicestershire v Oxford University". CricketArchive. 24 June 1922. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Forthcoming Marriages". The Times. No. 44133. London. 1 December 1925. p. 17.
  5. ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 57534. London. 14 April 1969. p. 16.


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