| Cecil Bodington | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Cecil Herbert Bodington |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Suffield, Norfolk, England |
| Death Place: | Near Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 10 |
| Runs1: | 154 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 36 |
| Deliveries1: | 375 |
| Wickets1: | 9 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.88 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/19 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Date: | 19 January |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9138.html Cricinfo |
Cecil Herbert Bodington (20 January 1880 – 11 April 1917) was an English cricketer and educator.
The son of The Reverend Herbert James Bodington, he was born in January 1880 at Suffield, Norfolk. He was educated firstly at a national school in Overstrand, before going to Charterhouse School on a junior scholarship in 1893. Three years later he went up to The King's School, Canterbury on a senior scholarship, where he played both rugby union and cricket for the school.[1] From there, he matriculated to Peterhouse, Cambridge.[2] At Cambridge, he was a member of Cambridge University Cricket Club but did not play at first-class level for the university. However, he did play first-class cricket during his studies in 1901 and 1902 for Hampshire on ten occasions, making nine appearances in the County Championship and a further appearance against the touring Australians.[3] In these matches, he scored 154 runs at an average of exactly 11, with a highest score of 36.[4] With the ball, he took 9 wickets at a bowling average of 31.88, with best figures of 3 for 19.[5]
After graduating from Cambridge, he went to The Cape. From there, he went to British India, where he was tutor to three sons of the Maharaja of Kapurthala.[2] He later returned to England, where he became an assistant master at Elstree School and Stanmore Park Preparatory School.[1] Bodington served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in November 1914, the same month in which he was appointed to the Household Battalion. He was made a temporary lieutenant in April 1916, before being appointed a temporary captain in September of the same year. Bodington was killed in action on 11 April 1917 during the Battle of Arras.[6]