Claude Rigby

Claude Mallinson Rigby MRCS, LRCP, DRME (29 March 1882 – 29 January 1960) was an Irish first-class cricketer and radiologist.

Rigby was born at Dublin in March 1882, and was educated in England at Dulwich College, before studying medicine at the London Hospital Medical College.[1] He qualified in 1907,[1] and joined the British Army in 1908, ensliting as a Lieutenant on probation in the Royal Army Medical Corps.[2] He was posted to British India, where he served as the chief surgeon of the Governor of Bombay, The Lord Willingdon from 1915–1918.[1] He served as the chief surgeon for Lord Rawlinson from 1921–1923, when he was Commander-in-Chief, India.[1] While in British India, Rigby played two first-class cricket matches for the aforementioned Lord Willingdon's XI, playing twice against the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI in 1918 at Bombay in March, and Poona in August.[3]

When he returned to England, he entered into the field of radiology, where he worked at the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot[1] He retired from the military in 1928, with the rank of Major.[1] Upon retiring from the military, Rigby worked as a radiologist in civilian hospitals in the Midlands. He worked at various hospitals in the Midlands, including the Royal Hospital, Guest Hospital, Corbett Hospital, and the Staffordshire General Infirmary.[1] Rigby was recalled to the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II.[1] Outside of cricket and his medical career, Rigby played tennis, golf and rugby union as pastimes.[1] He retired to Middleton-on-Sea in Sussex, where he died in January 1960.[1] He was survived by his wife, Mary, and their daughter.[1]