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Sir Oliver Popplewell

Full name:Oliver Bury Popplewell
Born:15th August 1927, Northwood, Middlesex, England
Batting:Right-hand batter
Wicket-keeper
Education:Charterhouse; Queens', Cambridge; Harris Manchester, Oxford
Occupation:High Court Judge
Biography:Called to the bar 1951; Queen's Council 1969; Recorder, Burton on Trent; Deputy Cairman, Oxfordshire Quarter Sessions; Recorder of the Crown ourt 1971; High Court Judge 1983 (and knighted) until 2003; Chaired the Bradford football enquiry, 1983, and the Jonathan Aitken libel cases; Married to Dame Elizabeth Gloster, High Court Judge, and is grandfather to actresses Anna and Lulu Popplewell; Godfather of actor/writer Stephen Fry, whom he defended in his 1975 credit card fraud trial.
Relations:Grandson: HG Popplewell; Son: NFM Popplewell; Son: AJ Popplewell
Teams:Cambridge University (Main FC: 1949-1951);
All teams
Lists of matches and more detailed statistics
First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1949-1960)
MINORunsHSAve10050CtSt
Overall41561388174*20.48026317
First-Class Career Bowling (1953)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve5wI10wMSRateEcon
Marylebone Cricket Club301000-1020.00

 

 

 

 

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