Richard Borgnis
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Payron, France
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| Full name | Richard Peter Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1910 Newbury, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 May 2001 (aged 90) Payron, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | H. D. G. Leveson Gower (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Peter Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis MBE (25 August 1910 – 28 May 2001) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
Borgis played minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1931, making five appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] Borgnis was selected to play a first-class cricket match for the Combined Services against the touring New Zealanders at Portsmouth in 1937.[2] In what was to be his only appearance in first-class cricket, he had what Wisden described as a "dreamlike" match.[3] Coming into bat with the Combined Services at 18 for four, he proceeded to score a century in two and a half hours, scoring 101 of the 180 runs made in the Combined Services first-innings.[3][4] He took the best bowling figures amongst the Combined Services bowlers during the New Zealanders first-innings, taking 3 for 38 from thirteen overs.[3][4] He was dismissed for 23 by Jack Cowie in the Combined Services second-innings, and went wicketless in the New Zealanders second-innings, with the New Zealanders winning by 9 wickets.[4]