Philip Snow
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Full name | Philip Albert Snow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leicester, Leicestershire, England | 7 August 1915||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 June 2012 England, United Kingdom | (aged 96)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 March 2010 |
Philip Albert Snow
In 1936 Snow made his debut for the Leicestershire Second XI against the Nottinghamshire Second XI. From 1936 to 1937 Snow played four matches for the Leicestershire Second XI.
Snow made his
In his 5 first-class matches for Fiji he scored 121 runs at a batting average of 17.28, with a high score of 38. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 25.25, with best figures of 2/60.
Philip Snow was the younger brother of the scientist and author C. P. Snow – of whom he wrote the biography Stranger and brother: a portrait of C. P. Snow (1982) – and the historian Eric Snow. He was educated at Alderman Newton's School, Leicester and Christ's College, Cambridge, and was by profession a colonial administrator in Fiji.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Fiji legend Philip Snow passes on". The Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Philip Snow".
- Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Philip Snow at Cricinfo
- Philip Snow at CricketArchive