Reverend Cecil Arthur Boden (18 December 1890 – 31 May 1981) was an English

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er. Boden was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Countesthorpe,

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and was educated at Christ's Hospital. Boden made his first-class debut for

against Nottinghamshire in the

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at Aylestone Road, Leicester, with him making six further first-class appearances for the county in that season. He made three first-class appearances in 1912, before making a final first-class appearance in the 1913 County Championship against Yorkshire. Boden made a total of eleven first-class appearances, scoring 196 runs at an average of 10.31, with a high score of 40. He died at

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on 31 May 1981.

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