Full name Frank Henry Nugent Name Frank Burnell-Nugent 1904 Hampshire | Role Wicketkeeper Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 5 September 1880 ( 1880-09-05 ) The Vyne House, Sherborne St John, Hampshire, England Died 12 March 1942(1942-03-12) (aged 61)
Kingsclere, Hampshire, England | ||
Brigadier-General Frank Henry Burnell-Nugent, CB, DSO, OBE (5 September 1880 – 12 March 1942), born Frank Henry Nugent (he changed his surname in 1905), was a British Army officer and an English cricketer.
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Military career
Nugent was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) on 11 November 1899, and promoted to a lieutenant (supernumerary) on 18 December 1900. He received a regular commission as a lieutenant in the 3rd battalion of his regiment in August 1902.
He later became brigadier-general.
Cricket
Nugent was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire against Worcestershire in the 1904 County Championship. Batting at number eleven, Nugent made two ducks and claimed a single catch behind the stumps to dismiss Frederick Pearson.
Nugent died at Kingsclere, Hampshire on 12 March 1942.