Bernard Waddy

English cricketer, medical doctor and academic

Bernard Waddy

Personal information

Full name|

Bernard Broughton Waddy

Born| 3 July 1911
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Died| 7 August 1981(1981-08-07) (aged 70)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-arm medium
Relations| Stacy Waddy (father)
Mick Waddy (uncle)
Gar Waddy (uncle)
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1932| Oxford University
1934| Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 4
Runs scored | 49
Batting average | 8.16
100s/50s | –/–
Top score | 26
Balls bowled | 438
Wickets | 7
Bowling average | 29.42
5 wickets in innings | –
10 wickets in match | –
Best bowling | 2/11
Catches/stumpings | –/–

Source: Cricinfo, 13 July 2020

Bernard Broughton Waddy (3 July 1911 – 7 August 1981) was an Australian-born English first-class cricketer, physician and academic.

The son of the cricketer and clergyman Stacy Waddy, he was born at Parramatta in July 1911. He moved to England with his family as a child and was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1932, making two appearances against Leicestershire and Yorkshire.[2] He scored 11 runs and took 3 wickets for Oxford.[3][4] Two years later, he toured Ireland with the Marylebone Cricket Club, making two first-class appearances against the Ireland cricket team in Dublin at College Park and Observatory Lane.[2] He scored 38 runs on the tour and took 4 wickets.[3][4]

After graduating from Oxford, Waddy became a medical doctor, having trained at King's College Hospital. He was a specialist in epidemiology in the Gold Coast,[1] and during the Second World War he was commissioned as a second lieutenant with the African Colonial Force in April 1940.[5] He later served with the Royal Army Medical Corps attachment to the Colonial Force and was promoted to lieutenant in September 1943, antedated to April 1940.[6] Following the war, he moved into lecturing on the subject of tropical diseases and was said to have been interested in "any disease communicable on a large scale". He was a senior lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and also served in the capacity of overseas medical officer for Save the Children.[1][7] He was also a contributor to the New Scientist magazine.[1]

Waddy died at Winchester in August 1981. His uncles, Mich and Gar Waddy, both played first-class cricket.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Contributors". New Scientist. No. 220\. 1 February 1961. p. 292. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Phil Gerrans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
3. ^ a b "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bernard Waddy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
4. ^ a b "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Bernard Waddy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
5. ^ "No. 35294". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 September 1941. p. 5714.
6. ^ "No. 36177". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 September 1943. p. 4171.
7. ^ Tough, Alistair (1997). African Medical History. Bodleian Library. p. 34\. ISBN 9781851240517.

## External links

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* Bernard Waddy at ESPNcricinfo