Arthur Brodhurst
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Hugh Brodhurst
Born(1916-07-21)21 July 1916
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died24 June 2006(2006-06-24) (aged 89)
Winchester, England
NicknamePodge
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
RelationsHarry Altham (father-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1937–39Cambridge University
1939–46Gloucestershire
1951Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 20
Runs scored 658
Batting average 21.22
100s/50s 2/1
Top score 111
Balls bowled 614
Wickets 6
Bowling average 53.50
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 4 for 83
Catches/stumpings 8

Arthur Hugh ("Podge") Brodhurst (1916 – 2006) was an English cricketer and schoolteacher.

Brodhurst was educated at Malvern College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Gloucestershire from 1937 to 1946, re-appearing in a single first-class game for MCC in Canada in 1951. During the Second World War he was in the Royal Artillery commanding anti-aircraft units in the North African desert; later he was liaison officer with the Czech Armoured Brigade and ended the war as town major of Haarlem, where he re-introduced cricket to Holland. He taught at Winchester College from 1946 to 1978, including three periods in charge of cricket, and was a housemaster from 1954 to 1970.[1] His nickname there was Ahab in recognition of his initials and his obsessive behaviour.

Brodhurst married Meg, daughter of the cricket historian Harry Altham who was also a housemaster at Winchester College. They had three children.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "'Podge' Brodhurst (obituary)". The Telegraoh. 8 July 2006.
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