Simon Doggart
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Simon Jonathon Graham Doggart (8 February 1961 – 23 July 2017) was an English headmaster and cricketer.
Born in Winchester, Hampshire, Doggart was educated at Winchester College (1974–79) and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was in the school cricket first XI for three years, and the captain in his last, also playing for the school racquets first pair.[citation needed]
He represented Cambridge University as a left-handed batsman in 35 first-class matches between 1980 and 1983.[1] He was awarded four blues. His grandfather Graham Doggart, great-uncle James Hamilton Doggart, father Hubert Doggart and uncle Peter Doggart all played first-class cricket.[citation needed]
After leaving Cambridge he taught in Kenya (1983–85) and at Tonbridge School (1985–89). Following a short spell working in recruitment (1989–92), he returned to teaching, this time at Eton College in the History department.[2]