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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}} |
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{{Infobox cricketer |
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| name = Godfrey Morgan |
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| image = |
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| country = England |
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| fullname = Godfrey Noel Richards Morgan |
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| birth_date = 19 January 1890 |
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| birth_place = [[Stafford]], [[Staffordshire]], England |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|11|27|1890|1|19|df=yes}} |
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| death_place = [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]], England |
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| nickname = |
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| family = |
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| batting = Unknown |
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| bowling = Unknown |
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| role = |
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| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] |
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| year1 = 1926/27 |
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| columns = 1 |
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| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]] |
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| matches1 = 1 |
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| runs1 = 0 |
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| bat avg1 = 0.00 |
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| 100s/50s1 = –/– |
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| top score1 = 0 |
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| deliveries1 = 102 |
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| wickets1 = 3 |
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| bowl avg1 = 26.66 |
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| fivefor1 = – |
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| tenfor1 = – |
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| best bowling1 = 3/65 |
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| catches/stumpings1 = 1/– |
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| date = 31 December |
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| year = 2023 |
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| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/godfrey-morgan-31169 Cricinfo |
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'''Godfrey Noel Richards Morgan''' (19 January 1890 – 27 November 1957) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Indian Army]]. |
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The son of W. Morgan, he was born at [[Stafford]] in January 1890. He was educated at [[Uppingham School]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Uppingham School Roll 1824–1905|date=1905|publisher=[[Edward Stanford]]|location=[[London]]|page=393|url=https://archive.org/details/uppinghamschool00schogoog|language=en}}</ref> Morgan served in the [[British Indian Army]], being commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in June 1912.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19120814/074/0010|title=Appointments|work=[[Civil and Military Gazette]]|location=[[Lahore]]|page=10|date=14 August 1912|access-date=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> He served in the [[First World War]], during which he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in April 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30781|date=5 July 1918|page=7953|supp=y}}</ref> Morgan later played [[first-class cricket]] in India for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the touring [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) at [[Karachi Gymkhana|Karachi]] in October 1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14151/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Godfrey Morgan|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the MCC first innings, he took the wickets of [[Bob Wyatt]], [[Guy Earle]], and [[Raleigh Chichester-Constable]] for the cost of 65 runs. Batting once from [[Batting order (cricket)#Lower order or tail|number eleven]] in the Europeans only innings, he was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] by [[Maurice Tate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12124.html|title=Europeans v Marylebone Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club in India and Ceylon 1926/27|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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Morgan was married to Rosamond Margaret Millbank Wyer at Christ Church in [[Lancaster Gate]] in 1925.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News|date=1925|publisher=Civil and Military Gazette|location=Lahore|page=43|volume=52|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Pioneer_Mail_and_Indian_Weekly_News/zsQ_AQAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> He later died at [[Folkestone]] in November 1957. |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*{{cricinfo|id=31169}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Godfrey}} |
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[[Category:1890 births]] |
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[[Category:1957 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Stafford]] |
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[[Category:Cricketers from Staffordshire]] |
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[[Category:Military personnel from Staffordshire]] |
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[[Category:People educated at Uppingham School]] |
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[[Category:British Indian Army officers]] |
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[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]] |
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[[Category:English cricketers]] |
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