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Full name | John Vernon Wild | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 26 April 1915 Wallasey, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 July 2012 Burwash, Sussex, England | (aged 97)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1938 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 15 January 2022 |
John Vernon Wild CMG OBE (26 April 1915 — 21 July 2012) was an English first-class cricketer, educator and colonial administrator in the Uganda Protectorate.
Wild was born at Wallasey in April 1915. He was educated at Taunton School, [1] before matriculating to King's College, Cambridge. [2] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1938, making eleven appearances. [3] Playing primarily as a spin bowler in the Cambridge side, Wild took 29 wickets in his eleven matches at a bowling average of 36.10; he took two five wicket hauls, with best figures of six for 125. [4] As a batsman, he scored 193 runs at an average of 11.35, with a highest score of 34. [5]
After graduating from Cambridge, Wild joined the Colonial Service in the Protectorate of Uganda in 1938. [1] He was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in September 1943. [6] He resumed his colonial service following the war, becoming the chairman of the Ugandan Committee on Self-Government in 1959, which came to be known as the Wild Committee. [1] He was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1955 Birthday Honours in recognition of his services in Uganda, [7] and was later made a companion to the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1960 Birthday Honours. [8] While in Uganda, Wild wrote three books on the country and became fluent in the Acholi dialect. [1] He left the Colonial Service in 1960 and returned to England, where he took up a post teaching maths at Hele's School, Exeter. He left there in 1971 to become a maths lecturer at Exeter College, where he remained until 1976. [1]
Wild died at the nursing home in which was resident in at Burwash in Sussex in July 2012.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | John Vernon Wild | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 26 April 1915 Wallasey, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 July 2012 Burwash, Sussex, England | (aged 97)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1938 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 15 January 2022 |
John Vernon Wild CMG OBE (26 April 1915 — 21 July 2012) was an English first-class cricketer, educator and colonial administrator in the Uganda Protectorate.
Wild was born at Wallasey in April 1915. He was educated at Taunton School, [1] before matriculating to King's College, Cambridge. [2] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1938, making eleven appearances. [3] Playing primarily as a spin bowler in the Cambridge side, Wild took 29 wickets in his eleven matches at a bowling average of 36.10; he took two five wicket hauls, with best figures of six for 125. [4] As a batsman, he scored 193 runs at an average of 11.35, with a highest score of 34. [5]
After graduating from Cambridge, Wild joined the Colonial Service in the Protectorate of Uganda in 1938. [1] He was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in September 1943. [6] He resumed his colonial service following the war, becoming the chairman of the Ugandan Committee on Self-Government in 1959, which came to be known as the Wild Committee. [1] He was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1955 Birthday Honours in recognition of his services in Uganda, [7] and was later made a companion to the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1960 Birthday Honours. [8] While in Uganda, Wild wrote three books on the country and became fluent in the Acholi dialect. [1] He left the Colonial Service in 1960 and returned to England, where he took up a post teaching maths at Hele's School, Exeter. He left there in 1971 to become a maths lecturer at Exeter College, where he remained until 1976. [1]
Wild died at the nursing home in which was resident in at Burwash in Sussex in July 2012.