| Peter Blagg | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Peter Henry Blagg |
| Birth Date: | 11 September 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Basford, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Death Place: | near Donbaik, Burma |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicketkeeper |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 10 |
| Runs1: | 67 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.37 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 28 not out |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 17/12 |
| Date: | 16 April |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9795.html Cricinfo |
Peter Henry Blagg (11 September 1918 – 18 March 1943) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.
Blagg was educated at Shrewsbury School, where he played in the First XI from 1935 to 1937.[1] He went up to Oxford University, where after his exams in 1939 he replaced Manning Clark as wicket-keeper in the university team,[2] playing the remaining ten matches of the season and gaining his Blue.
He made a number of stumpings off the Oxford spin bowlers. In the match against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) he stumped three off the leg-spin of Algernon Marsham, including Denis Compton.[3] He batted low in the order, with a highest score of 28 not out against Somerset.[4] His last first-class match was Oxford's victory over Cambridge University.[5]
Blagg was also awarded a Blue for football in 1939.[6]
In World War II Blagg served as a lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He died in action near Donbaik in Burma in March 1943, and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial.[7]