Guy Napier

Lieutenant Guy Greville Napier (26 January 1884 – 25 September 1915) was an English cricketer and World War I combatant.

Following his death from wounds received in France, Wisden declared him "one of the best medium pace bowlers seen in the University match in his own generation".

[1] Guy Napier was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge.

While attached to the 47th Sikhs at the Battle of Loos he died of wounds on 25 September 1915.

[2] A right-arm medium pace bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, Napier made 81 first-class appearances largely for Middlesex and Cambridge University between 1904 and 1913, taking 31 wickets in his first four matches and 365 in total.