Michael Maw
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Full name | Michael Trentham Maw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 29 September 1912 Nutfield, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 August 1944 near Alzey, People's State of Hesse, Nazi Germany | (aged 31)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1933–1934 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2019 |
Michael Trentham Maw DFC (29 September 1912 – 13 August 1944) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.
The son of Mowbray Maw and his wife, Mary, he was born in September 1912 at Nutfield, Surrey. He was educated at Oundle School, before going up to Christ's College, Cambridge to read engineering.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Northamptonshire at Fenner's in 1933. He made a further first-class appearance for Cambridge in 1934, against Nottinghamshire. In the same season he played for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI against Oxford University at Reigate.[2] While at Cambridge, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve as a trainee pilot.[3]
After graduating from Cambridge he became a director in the family chemist business Messrs S. Maw & Sons Ltd.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1526706980.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Michael Maw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "No. 33812". The London Gazette. 29 March 1932. p. 2111.
- ^ "No. 33987". The London Gazette. 17 October 1933. p. 6695.
- ^ "No. 35171". The London Gazette. 23 May 1941. p. 2948.
- ^ "No. 36092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 July 1943. p. 3206.
- ^ "No. 36706". The London Gazette. 15 September 1944. p. 4326.