Phillip Hodson (cricketer)
English cricketer and cricket administrator (born 1951)
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Richard Phillip Hodson (born 26 April 1951) is an English former first-class cricketer, cricket administrator and businessman.
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| Full name | Richard Phillip Hodson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1951 Horbury, Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Will Hodson (son) Tony Greig (brother-in-law) Ian Greig (brother-in-law) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1971–1973 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 August 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hodson was born at Horbury in April 1951. He was educated in Wakefield at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, before going up to Downing College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, making his debut against Surrey in 1971. Hodson played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1973, making eighteen appearances.[2] An all-rounder, he scored 677 runs in his eighteen matches at an average of 21.15.[3] He scored one century for Cambridge, making 111 against Kent in 1973.[4][5] With his right-arm medium pace bowling he took 26 wickets at a bowling average of 26.80, with best figures of 4 for 54.[6] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Cambridge, he also made a single appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the touring New Zealanders at Fenner's in 1973.[2] Hodson also played List A one-day cricket for Cambridge University in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup, making four appearances.[7]
After graduating from Cambridge, Hodson made regular appearances for the Yorkshire seconds, but did not feature for the first eleven. Away from cricket, he started a small business in 1977 and progressed to become the chief executive of The Oval Group, one of largest privately owned corporate insurance brokers in the United Kingdom.[5] He was appointed president of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2011, succeeding Christopher Martin-Jenkins.[8] He was the first Yorkshireman to be MCC president since Sir William Worsley fifty years previously.[5]
Hodson is married to Sally Ann Hodson (née Greig), the sister of the England cricketers Tony and Ian Greig.[9] Their son Will has played cricket at first-class level.