Country: | England |
Fullname: | John Hickling Rogers |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1910 |
Birth Place: | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
Death Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Cheshire |
Year1: | 1930 - 1934 |
Club2: | Oxford University |
Year2: | 1932 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 26 |
Bat Avg1: | 5.20 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 9 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
Date: | 27 February |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19802.html Cricinfo |
John Hickling Rogers (7 August 1910 - 6 September 1968) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Rogers was born at Birkenhead to John Hickling Rogers, Sr., where he was educated at Birkenhead School.[1] From Birkenhead he went up to Merton College, Oxford.[1] While at Oxford he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1932, making three appearances against Leicestershire, Lancashire, and the touring South Americans.[2] Across his three matches, Rogers scored 26 runs with a high score of 9.[3] He also played minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1930 - 1934, making twenty appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[4]
Rogers served in the British Army during the Second World War, joining the Cheshire Regiment as a second lieutenant in April 1940. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in April 1943. He died at Bangkok in September 1968.