Norman Mischler
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Paddington, London, England
London, England
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| Full name | Norman Martin Mischler | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 October 1920 Paddington, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 September 2009 (aged 88) London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1941/42–1943/44 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Norman Martin Mischler (9 October 1920 – 10 September 2009) was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer. Mischler served in the British Indian Army during the Second World War. While in British India he played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team, before returning to England where he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Free Foresters. He was a leading figure in the chemical industry.
Mischler was born at Paddington in October 1920 to Martin Mischler and his wife, Martha Sarah Lambert.[1] He was educated at St Paul's School.[1] After leaving St Paul's he enlisted in the ranks of the British Army as a private. He was commissioned during the Second World War as a second lieutenant as of 17 August 1941 and joined the Royal Indian Army Service Corps.[2] In December 1941, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans against the Parsees in the 1941–42 Bombay Quadrangular at Bombay.[3] He made two further first-clas appearances for the Europeans, both against the Indians in the Madras Presidency Matches of 1942 and 1943.[3] By the end of the war he had been mentioned in dispatches twice, once as a temporary captain in May 1946,[4] and secondly as a temporary major in September 1946.[5] Both were for service in Burma.