George Hubert Graham Doggart (18 July 1925 – 16 February 2018) was an English

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Background

Doggart was born into a sporting family at

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, the elder son of the sportsman Graham Doggart. He was educated at

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where he was captain of cricket and football. On leaving school he was commissioned in the

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. He then went up to King's College,

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where he graduated with a

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degree.

Sporting career

He was a Cambridge blue in five different sports (cricket, football, rackets, squash and Rugby fives) and captain in four and was a successful amateur cricketer for

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and Sussex (where he was captain in 1954). He made an unbeaten 215 against

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on his Cambridge University debut in 1948 and this score remains the highest made by a debutant in English cricket. He represented

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in two Test matches versus the West Indies in 1950 (at Old Trafford and Lord's). Teaching commitments meant that he only played one full summer of county cricket, in 1954. He later held several offices in sports administration, such as President of the

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(MCC) (1981–1982), the Cricket Council (1981–1982), the English Schools Cricket Association (1965–2000) and

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(1983–1998). He also chaired the ICC (1981–1982) and the Friends of Arundel Castle Cricket Club (1993–2003).

Personal life

He taught at

from 1950 to 1972 and was headmaster at

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from 1972 to 1985. Doggart died peacefully at his

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home on 16 February 2018 aged 92. He left a widow, Susan, whom he married in 1960. They had a son and two daughters.

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