Bernard Elgood
Personal information
Full name
Bernard Cyril Elgood
Born10 March 1922
Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Died10 July 1997(1997-07-10) (aged 75)
Pauntley Place, Gloucestershire,
England
NicknameBruno
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1948Cambridge University
1949Berkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 631
Batting average 33.21
100s/50s 2/2
Top score 127*
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 February 2019

Bernard Cyril "Bruno" Elgood MBE (10 March 1922 – 10 July 1997) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Elgood was born at Hampstead and educated at Bradfield College.[1] The completion of his studies at Bradfield coincided with the Second World War, with Elgood enlisting in the British Army with the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant in November 1941.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in January 1945, antedated to September 1944.[3]

Following the war he attended Pembroke College, Cambridge.[4] He debuted in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Lancashire at Cambridge in 1948, a season in which he made all twelve of his first-class appearances for Cambridge in.[5] He scored 531 runs across these twelve matches, averaging 35.40.[6] He scored two centuries against Sussex and Middlesex,[7] with his highest score of 127 not out coming against the former.[8] Still serving in the army following the war, Elgood also played two first-class matches in 1948 for the Combined Services cricket team.[5] In 1949, he played minor counties cricket for Berkshire, making five appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[9]

Elgood was promoted to the rank of captain in March 1949,[10] with promotion to major in March 1956.[11] He was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1959 New Year Honours.[12] He was made a lieutenant colonel in January 1965.[13] Three years later he was made a colonel in June 1968.[14] He was promoted to the rank of brigadier in January 1971.[15] Elgood retired from military service in March 1976.[16] He died at Pauntley Place in Gloucestershire in July 1997.

References

  1. ↑ "Teams Bruno Elgood played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "No. 35377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 December 1941.
  3. ↑ "No. 36892". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1945.
  4. ↑ The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 December 1991. Cambridge University Press. 1991. p. 407.
  5. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Bruno Elgood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bruno Elgood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Wisden – Obituaries in 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Cambridge University v Sussex, 1948". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bruno Elgood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "No. 38560". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1949.
  11. ↑ "No. 40739". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 March 1956.
  12. ↑ "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958.
  13. ↑ "No. 43551". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 January 1965.
  14. ↑ "No. 44625". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1968.
  15. ↑ "No. 45271". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1971.
  16. ↑ "No. 46856". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 March 1976.
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