| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Nicholas Vere-Hodge |
| Birth Date: | 31 October 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Woodford Green, Essex, England |
| Death Place: | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Essex |
| Year1: | 1936 - 1939 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 23 |
| Runs1: | 713 |
| Bat Avg1: | 22.28 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/3 |
| Top Score1: | - |
| Deliveries1: | - |
| Wickets1: | - |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 11/ - |
| Date: | 6 July |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/22183.html Cricinfo |
Nicholas Vere-Hodge MB, FRCS, BCh, LRCP[1] (31 October 1912 - 7 December 2005) was an English cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. In cricket, Vere-Hodge was a right-handed batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Woodford Green, Essex.
He made his first-class debut for Essex in the 1936 County Championship against Kent. He made 22 further first-class appearances for Essex, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in the 1939 County Championship.[2] In his 23 first-class appearances, he scored 713 runs at an average of 22.28, in the process making 3 half centuries and 2 centuries.[3] His highest score of 108 came against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the 1937 County Championship.[4] This season, in which he featured in 12 first-class matches, was also his most successful with the bat, with Hodge scoring 509 runs at an average of 26.78.[5] The start of World War II after the 1939 season brought an end to his first-class career.
During the war, Vere-Hodge served in the Royal Air Force, with him holding the rank of flight lieutenant by February 1942. In the final months of the war, Vere-Hodge was by then a part of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. After the war, he played for the Royal Air Force cricket team against the Army at Lord's Cricket Ground, in a match which did not have first-class status.[6] He died in Salisbury, Wiltshire on 7 December 2005.[1]