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Richard Peter Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis MBE (25 August 1910 – 28 May 2001) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.

Cricket

Borgis played minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1931, making five appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. Borgnis was selected to play a first-class cricket match for the Combined Services against the touring New Zealanders at Portsmouth in 1937. In what was to be his only appearance in first-class cricket, he had what Wisden described as a "dreamlike" match. Coming into bat with the Combined Services at 18 for four, he proceeded to score a century in two and a half hours, scoring 101 of the 180 runs made in the Combined Services first-innings. He took the best bowling figures amongst the Combined Services bowlers during the New Zealanders first-innings, taking 3 for 38 from thirteen overs. He was dismissed for 23 by Jack Cowie in the Combined Services second-innings, and went wicketless in the New Zealanders second-innings, with the New Zealanders winning by 9 wickets.

Naval career

Borgnis attended the Royal Naval College, Greenwich where, in 1924, he was an acting sub-lieutenant. After graduating from Greenwich, he entered into the Royal Navy. He was promoted to the permanent rank of sub-lieutenant in April 1932, with promotion to lieutenant coming in February 1933. Ill health shortly after limited any further cricket appearances, with Bognis placed on the retired list in December 1938.

He died in France in May 2001. His uncle was H. D. G. Leveson Gower.

References

1. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Borgnis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Richard Borgnis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
3. ^ Williams, Marcus; Stern, John (7 January 2014). The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. A&C Black. p. 898. ISBN 978-1408178966.
4. ^ "Combined Services v New Zealanders, 1937". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
5. "No. 33815". The London Gazette. 8 April 1932.
6. "No. 33912". The London Gazette. 17 February 1933.
7. "No. 34577". The London Gazette. 6 December 1938.

External links

• Richard Borgnis at ESPNcricinfo

• 1910 births
• 2001 deaths
• Cricketers from Newbury, Berkshire
• Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• English cricketers
• Berkshire cricketers
• Combined Services cricketers
• Royal Navy officers
• Members of the Order of the British Empire
• Military personnel from Berkshire
• 20th-century English sportsmen