Bernard Brodhurst Cricketer

Bernard Maynard Lucas Brodhurst (6 August 1873 – 27 April 1915) was an English cricketer. Brodhurst was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Brodhurst made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire in 1897, against Warwickshire. Brodhurst served in the First World War, where on the Western Front he obtained the rank of Major while serving with the 4th Gurkha Rifles. While engaged in fighting near the Belgian city of Ypres on 27 April 1915 Brodhurst was killed in action.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 06, 1873
Birth place
Uttar Pradesh , Varanasi , British Raj
Date of deathApril 27, 1915
Place of death
Belgium , West Flanders , Ypres

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