Eric Malcolm Senior (6 October 1920 – 24 April 1970) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. Senior served in the latter stages of the Second World War with the Royal Air Force, in addition to playing first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team.
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| Full name | Eric Malcolm Senior | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1920 Shaftesbury, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 April 1970 (aged 49) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1939–1946 | Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1958 | Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Senior was born at Shaftesbury in Dorset. He debuted in minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire in the 1939 Minor Counties Championship, playing in two matches.[1] He joined the Royal Air Force in the latter stages of the Second World War as a pilot officer.[2][3] Following the war, he a handful of minor counties matches for Oxfordshire in 1946.[1] Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the war, he was promoted to the rank of flying officer in May 1946.[4] He became a flight lieutenant in October 1950,[5] with promotion to squadron leader in March 1956.[6] He appeared for Lincolnshire in minor counties cricket in 1957 and 1958.[1]
Senior retired from active service at his own request in October 1961,[7] five months after appearing in a first-class cricket match for the Combined Services cricket team against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.[8] Senior scored one run in the match, which saw him dismissed by Roger Vowles in the Combined Services first-innings, and by Ian Davison in their second-innings.[9]
He died at Oxford in April 1970.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Eric Senior". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "No. 37000". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 March 1945.
- ^ "No. 37246". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 August 1945.
- ^ "No. 37895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 February 1947.
- ^ "No. 39198". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 April 1951.
- ^ "No. 40742". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 March 1956.
- ^ "No. 42535". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 December 1961.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Eric Senior". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Combined Services, 1961". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2019.