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. 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.

External links

• Podge Brodhurst at ESPNcricinfo