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Full name | Bernard Cyril Elgood | ||||||||||||||
Born | 10 March 1922 Hampstead, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 10 July 1997 Pauntley Place, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 75)||||||||||||||
Nickname | Bruno | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1948 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
1949 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||
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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.