Nicholas Vere-Hodge

Nicholas Vere-Hodge MB, FRCS, BCh, LRCP[1][2] (31 October 1912 – 7 December 2005) was an English cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. In cricket, Vere-Hodge was a right-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Woodford Green, Essex.

Nicholas Vere-Hodge
Personal information
Full nameNicholas Vere-Hodge
Born(1912-10-31)31 October 1912
Woodford Green, Essex, England
Died7 December 2005(2005-12-07) (aged 93)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleOccasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1936–1939Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 23
Runs scored 713
Batting average 22.28
100s/50s 2/3
Top score –
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2011

He made his first-class debut for Essex in the 1936 County Championship against Kent. He made 22 further first-class appearances for Essex, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in the 1939 County Championship.[3] In his 23 first-class appearances, he scored 713 runs at an average of 22.28, in the process making 3 half centuries and 2 centuries.[4] His highest score of 108 came against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the 1937 County Championship.[5] This season, in which he featured in 12 first-class matches, was also his most successful with the bat, with Hodge scoring 509 runs at an average of 26.78.[6] The start of World War II after the 1939 season brought an end to his first-class career.

During the war, Vere-Hodge served in the Royal Air Force, with him holding the rank of Flight Lieutenant by February 1942.[2] In the final months of the war, Vere-Hodge was by then a part of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.[7] After the war, he played for the Royal Air Force cricket team against the Army at Lord's Cricket Ground, in a match which did not have first-class status.[8] He died in Salisbury, Wiltshire on 7 December 2005.[1]

References
  1. "Telegraph Announcements - Vere-Hodge". The Daily Telegraph. December 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. "No. 35460". The London Gazette. 17 February 1942. p. 787.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Nicholas Vere-Hodge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nicholas Vere-Hodge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  5. "Nottinghamshire v Essex, 1937 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  6. "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Nicholas Vere-Hodge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  7. "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2994.
  8. "Army v Royal Air Force, 1946". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
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