Lieutenant Guy Greville Napier (26 January 1884 – 25 September 1915) was an

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er and

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combatant. Following his death from wounds received in

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, '' Wisden'' declared him "one of the best medium pace bowlers seen in the University match in his own generation". Guy Napier was educated at

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and

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. He was commissioned in the

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. While attached to the

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at the Battle of Loos he died of wounds on 25 September 1915. A right-arm medium pace bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, Napier made 81 first-class appearances largely for

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and

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between 1904 and 1913, taking 31 wickets in his first four matches and 365 in total.

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