Peter Blagg

Peter Henry Blagg (11 September 1918 – 18 March 1943) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.

[1] He went up to Oxford University, where after his exams in 1939 he replaced Manning Clark as wicket-keeper in the university team,[2] playing the remaining ten matches of the season and gaining his Blue.

In the match against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) he stumped three off the leg-spin of Algernon Marsham, including Denis Compton.

[6] In World War II Blagg served as a lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers.

He died in action near Donbaik in Burma in March 1943, and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial.