Cecil Bodington


Cecil Herbert Bodington was an English cricketer. Bodington was a right-handed batsman.
Bodington made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Surrey in the 1901 County Championship.
From 1901 to 1902 Bodington represented Hampshire in ten first-class matches, with Bodington's final first-class appearance for Hampshire coming against the touring Australians. In his ten matches, Bodington scored 154 runs at an average of 11.00, with a high score of 36. With the ball Bodington took nine wickets at a bowling average of 31.88, with best figures of 3/19.
Bodington served in the First World War in the Royal Horse Guards, attached to the Household Battalion from 1916, where he held the rank of Captain. Bodington was killed in action near Arras, France on 11 April 1917 during the Battle of Arras.