Philip Pank
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| Full name | Philip Esmond Durrell Pank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
22 April 1892 Jaypore, Rajasthan, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
15 February 1966 (aged 73) Colchester, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Left-arm orthodox spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 | Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1918 |
 England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1918 | Europeans (India) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 9 September 1918 Europeans (India) v Hindus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 3 June 1925 Army v Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 26 April 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philip Esmond Durrell Pank (22 April 1892 – 15 February 1966) was an Indian born English cricketer.[1] A left-arm orthodox spin bowler,[2] he played first-class cricket in India in 1918 and in England in 1925[3] and played four times for the Egypt national cricket team.[4]
Biography
Born in Jaypore in 1892,[2] Philip Pank made his first-class debut playing for the Europeans in the Bombay Quadrangular tournament in September 1918. He played a match for England against India later in the year.[3]
He played one first-class match during the 1925 English cricket season, playing for the British Army cricket team against Oxford University in June.[3] He later played for Egypt, playing twice against the Free Foresters in 1927 and twice against HM Martineau's XI in 1931.[4] He died in Colchester in 1966.[2]