Cecil Boswell

Cecil Stanley Reginald Boswell (19 January 1910 – 15 August 1985) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex County Cricket Club between 1932 and 1936 before going on to play as a professional for Norfolk County Cricket Club until 1955.

Biography Boswell was born at Edmonton in Middlesex in 1910. and took only 36 wickets for the county.

Boswell served during World War II in the British Army, playing some cricket during the war for Army teams, He quickly established himself as Norfolk's key bowler in an otherwise weak bowling attack as Norfolk were constantly towards the bottom of the Championship table during the following five seasons. He took 15 wickets in a match again Buckinghamshire in 1949 and returned figures of five wickets for eight runs (5/8) against Suffolk in 1952. Boswell played until the end of the 1955 season, making a total of 103 Minor Counties Championship matches for Norfolk. He took 329 wickets at a bowling average of 22.02 runs per wicket and scored 1,921 runs. He was replaced as professional by Ted Witherden, although he continued to act as a coach and administrator and worked from 1954 to 1975 at Norwich School as cricket coach and groundsman.

Boswell died in a nursing home at Brundall near Norwich in 1985. He was aged 75.