John Hickling Rogers (7 August 1910 – 6 September 1968) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | John Hickling Rogers | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 August 1910 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 September 1968 (aged 58) Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1930–1934 | Cheshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1932 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Rogers was born at Birkenhead to John Hickling Rogers, Sr., where he was educated at Birkenhead School.[1] From Birkenhead he went up to Merton College, Oxford.[1] While at Oxford he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1932, making three appearances against Leicestershire, Lancashire, and the touring South Americans.[2] Across his three matches, Rogers scored 26 runs with a high score of 9.[3] He also played minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1930–1934, making twenty appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[4]
Rogers served in the British Army during the Second World War, joining the Cheshire Regiment as a second lieutenant in April 1940.[5] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in April 1943.[6] He died at Bangkok in September 1968.
References
edit- ^ a b Levens, Robert Graham Cochrane (1964). Merton College register, 1900-1964. Basil Blackwell. p. 210.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Rogers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Rogers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Rogers". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "No. 34837". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 April 1940. p. 2458.
- ^ "No. 35988". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 April 1943. p. 1850.