Philip Morgan (cricketer)
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| Full name | Philip Richard Llewelyn Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1927 Derby, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 January 2017 (aged 89) Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1946 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 March 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philip Richard Llewelyn Morgan (11 March 1927 – 12 January 2017) was an English sportsman, clergyman and educator.
Life
[edit]He was born at Derby in March 1927, the eldest son of the Rev. Morgan Brinley Morgan, in a family of seven sons and one daughter. He was brought up for a time in Highams Park in east London; his father became vicar of Hockley from 1935.[1][2] He was educated at St Edmund's School at Hindhead, and St John's School, Leatherhead.[1][3]
In 1945 Morgan went to the University of Oxford, supported by the Royal Air Force, where he studied Greats - classical history, philosophy and languages - at Wadham College and theology at St Stephen's House.[1][4] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket against the touring Indians at Oxford in 1946.[5] He then spent time in Southern Rhodesia as a trainee pilot, returning to Oxford in 1948.[1]
Morgan at this period was known as a middle and long-distance runner. He beat the future Olympic champion Chris Brasher in the Varsity three-mile race in 1951, and three years later he ran in the race that proceeded Roger Bannister's record-breaking four-minute mile at Iffley Road.[6]
Morgan took holy orders in the Church of England. Morgan's first ecclesiastical post was as curate of Warlingham, Surrey from 1955–58.[4] He then became the chaplain of Haileybury and Imperial Service College, before becoming the headmaster of the college's Prep school.[6] Following his retirement from Haileybury, he later became the rector of The Deverills in Wiltshire.[4] Morgan died suddenly in January 2017 at Winslow, Buckinghamshire.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Rev Philip Morgan (Staff 1958-1973)". The Haileybury Society Annual Report and Newsletter: 20–21. 2017.
- ^ "The Essex Churches". Chelmsford Chronicle. 12 July 1935. p. 7.
- ^ "Player profile: Philip Morgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Crockford's Clerical Directory. Vol. 87, 88. Oxford University Press. 1977. p. 703.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Philip Morgan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ a b Booth, Lawrence (2019). The Shorter Wisden 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 270–71. ISBN 9781472963871.
- ^ "Morgan". The Daily Telegraph. February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1927 births
- 2017 deaths
- Cricketers from Derby
- People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead
- Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
- Alumni of St Stephen's House, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- English male middle-distance runners
- British male middle-distance runners
- English male long-distance runners
- British male long-distance runners
- 20th-century English Anglican priests
- Schoolteachers from Hertfordshire
- 21st-century English Anglican priests