Edward Murphy (cricketer)
Edward Gordon Murphy (born 6 December 1921) is an English former first-class cricketer, Royal Air Force officer and medical doctor.
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Full name | Edward Gordon Murphy | ||||||||||||||
Born | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | 6 December 1921||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 March 2019 |
The son of the trade unionist and Communist J. T. Murphy and his wife, Ethel "Molly" Morris, he was born at Sheffield.[1] His fathers political activities took the family to Minsk in the Byelorussian SSR in 1926.[1] Controversially, his parents had placed him in the fee paying public school Bedales in Hampshire in 1928, which was popular with Fabians.[1] His parents hoped placing him in a fee paying school would improve his prospects.[1] After completing his education at Bedales, Murphy went up to the University of London where he studied medicine, graduating in 1945.[2] He was commissioned into the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force as a flying officer in December 1946.[3] He was promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant in November 1947.[4] While serving in the Royal Air Force, Murphy played two first-class cricket matches for the Combined Services cricket team in 1948. The first of these came against Worcestershire at Worcester, with his second appearance coming against Gloucestershire at Gloucester.[5] He scored 24 runs in these two matches, with a high score of 11.[6] He was married to Nadia.[1]
References
- Darlington, Ralph (1998). The Political Trajectory of J.T. Murphy. Liverpool University Press. p. 88, 215, 303, XXV. ISBN 0853237336.
- "Doctor details: Edward Gordon Murphy". General Medical Council. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- "No. 37818". The London Gazette. 13 December 1946. p. 6123.
- "No. 38137". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 November 1947. p. 5710.
- "First-Class Matches played by Edward Murphy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Murphy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-03-07.