Eustace Denis Piers Bisgood (6 February 1878 – 4 March 1958) was an English

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er who made one first-class appearance for

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in 1909.

Life and career

Eustace Bisgood was born in

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, Somerset on 6 February 1878. Bisgood's younger brother, Bertram, played for Somerset 67 times between 1907 and 1921, during which time Somerset often struggled to find eleven players to field in their matches.

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, who was the club captain until 1906, commented on the period after his captaincy, stating that in one year, "more than 30 people played, some, as you may imagine, very poor performers." It was during this time that Bisgood made his solitary appearance for Somerset, travelling with the team to

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to play a

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match against

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in 1909. Bisgood batted in both innings, and along with his brother, was one of three Somerset players to be dismissed for a

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in the first innings. In the second, he scored six runs, having taken a catch during Kent second innings. Somerset lost the match by 279 runs. At his death in

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, Devon, on 4 March 1958, Bisgood was described as a "retired stock jobber".

References

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