Claude Rigby
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| Full name | Claude Mallinson Rigby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1882 Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 January 1960 (aged 77) Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Claude Mallinson Rigby MRCS, LRCP, DRME (29 March 1882 – 29 January 1960) was an Irish first-class cricketer and radiologist.
Rigby was born at Dublin in March 1882, and was educated in England at Dulwich College, before studying medicine at the London Hospital Medical College.[1] He qualified in 1907,[1] and joined the British Army in 1908, enslisting as a Lieutenant on probation in the Royal Army Medical Corps.[2] He was posted to British India, where he served as the chief surgeon of the Governor of Bombay, The Lord Willingdon from 1915–1918.[1] He served as the chief surgeon for Lord Rawlinson from 1921–1923, when he was Commander-in-Chief, India.[1] While in British India, Rigby played two first-class cricket matches for the aforementioned Lord Willingdon's XI, playing twice against the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI in 1918 at Bombay in March, and Poona in August.[3]
When he returned to England, he entered into the field of radiology, where he worked at the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot[1] He retired from the military in 1928, with the rank of Major.[1] Upon retiring from the military, Rigby worked as a radiologist in civilian hospitals in the Midlands. He worked at various hospitals in the Midlands, including the Royal Hospital, Guest Hospital, Corbett Hospital, and the Staffordshire General Infirmary.[1] Rigby was recalled to the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II.[1] Outside of cricket and his medical career, Rigby played tennis, golf and rugby union as pastimes.[1] He retired to Middleton-on-Sea in Sussex, where he died in January 1960.[1] He was survived by his wife, Mary, and their daughter.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Obituary" (PDF). Br Med J. 1 (5179). British Medical Journal: 1140–1141. 9 April 1960. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5179.1140-c. S2CID 220221921. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "No. 28115". The London Gazette. 3 March 1908. p. 1498.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Claude Rigby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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- 1882 births
- 1960 deaths
- Cricketers from Dublin (city)
- People educated at Dulwich College
- Alumni of the London Hospital Medical College
- 20th-century Irish medical doctors
- Irish radiologists
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- Medical doctors from Dublin (city)
- Irish cricketers
- Lord Willingdon's XI cricketers
- British Army personnel of World War II