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Reginald Butterworth
Personal information
Full name
Reginald Edmund Compton Butterworth
Born(1906-08-16)16 August 1906
Semarang, Dutch East Indies
Died21 May 1940(1940-05-21) (aged 33)
near Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsJohn Butterworth (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1926–1927Oxford University
1930–1939Marylebone Cricket Club
1935–1937Middlesex

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 February 2016

Reginald Edmund Compton Butterworth (16 August 1906 – 21 May 1940) was an English cricketer who played at first-class level for Oxford University and Middlesex.

Early life[edit]

Butterworth was born in Semarang, Java (then part of the Dutch East Indies), and was educated at Harrow School before going on to Christ Church, Oxford.[1] He made his first-class debut for Oxford in May 1926.[2] Butterworth's maiden first-class century came the following season, when he made 101 against the Free Foresters.[3] He also scored 110 against Surrey a few games later, which was to be his highest first-class score.[4] Butterworth made his County Championship debut for Middlesex in 1935, against Warwickshire, and played two further seasons at the county. In 1937, he toured Ceylon and Malaya with a team organised by British businessman and cricket enthusiast Sir Julien Cahn, which was his only overseas tour. Butterworth's final first-class appearance came in May 1939, when he played for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Yorkshire.[2]

Military service and death[edit]

In the Second World War, Butterworth enlisted with the Royal Air Force (RAF). In May 1940, while serving as an air gunner with the rank of pilot officer on a Westland Lysander captained by Flight Lieutenant Richard Graham as part No. 13 Squadron, Butterworth was shot down over Saint-Omer and crashed near Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, killing him and Graham. His older brother, John Compton Butterworth, who was also a first-class cricketer, was killed in action less than a year later.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reginald Butterworth – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  • ^ a b First-class matches played by Reginald Butterworth – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  • ^ Oxford University v Free Foresters, University Match 1927 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  • ^ Surrey v Oxford University, University Match 1927 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  • ^ Pilot Officer Reginald Edmund Compton Butterworth – Christ Church, Oxford. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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