About Mervin Glennie
Lived 1918 – 1986 (aged 67). Mervin Glennie was a cricketer.
Mervin Stephen Glennie (23 September 1918 — 16 January 1986) was an English first-class cricketer and a businessperson in the oil industry.
Glennie was born in France at Tours in September 1918. He was educated at Sherborne School, before going up to Caius College, Cambridge. A member of the Cambridge University Cricket Club, Glennie made two first-class appearances for the club in 1937 against Northamptonshire and Middlesex. Following the Second World War, Glennie made a single first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Lord's. He was involved in the oil industry, where he was a manager for BP and the Iranian Oil Consortium. Glennie died in January 1986 at Monken Hadley Common in Hertfordshire.
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Who was Mervin Glennie?
English cricketer and British Army officer
When was Mervin Glennie born?
Mervin Glennie was born on 2 October 1918 in Tours.
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Mervin Glennie died on 16 January 1986 in Hertfordshire, Monken Hadley.
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Mervin Glennie was a cricketer.
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