Arthur Brodhurst

Not to be confused with Arthur Broadhurst.

Arthur Brodhurst

Personal information
Full name	Arthur Hugh Brodhurst
Born	(1916-07-21)21 July 1916 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	24 June 2006(2006-06-24) (aged 89) Winchester, England
Nickname	Podge
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off break
Relations	Harry Altham (father-in-law)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1937–39	Cambridge University
1939–46	Gloucestershire
1951	Marylebone 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
Source: CricketArchive

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

External links

• Podge Brodhurst at ESPNcricinfo