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	Lieutenant '''Guy Greville Napier''' (26 January 1884 – 25 September 1915) was an [[United Kingdom\|English]] [[cricket]]er and [[World War I]] combatant. Following his death from wounds received in [[France]], ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack\|Wisden]]'' declared him "one of the best medium pace bowlers seen in the University match in his own generation".<ref name="cricpro">{{cricinfo\|ref=england/content/player/18054.html}}</ref>		Lieutenant '''Guy Greville Napier''' (26 January 1884 – 25 September 1915) was an [[United Kingdom\|English]] [[cricket]]er and [[World War I]] combatant. Following his death from wounds received in [[France]], ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack\|Wisden]]'' declared him "one of the best medium pace bowlers seen in the University match in his own generation".<ref name="cricpro">{{cricinfo\|ref=england/content/player/18054.html}}</ref>

	Guy Napier was educated at [[Marlborough College]] and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]]. He was commissioned in the [[35th Sikhs]]. While attached to the [[47th Sikhs]] at the [[Battle of Loos]] he died of wounds on 25 September 1915.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/cricketers-who-died-in-world-war-1-part-4-of-5-167609 \|title=Cricketers who died in World War 1 – Part 4 of 5 \|work=Cricket Country \|accessdate=28 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Guy Napier was educated at [[Marlborough College]] and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]]. He was commissioned in the [[35th Sikhs]]. While attached to the [[47th Sikhs]] at the [[Battle of Loos]] he died of wounds on 25 September 1915.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/cricketers-who-died-in-world-war-1-part-4-of-5-167609 \|title=Cricketers who died in World War 1 – Part 4 of 5 \|work=Cricket Country \|accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref>

	A right-arm medium pace bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, Napier made 81 [[first-class cricket\|first-class]] appearances largely for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club\|Middlesex]] and [[Cambridge University cricket team\|Cambridge University]] between 1904 and 1913, taking 31 wickets in his first four matches and 365 in total.<ref name="cricpro"/>		A right-arm medium pace bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, Napier made 81 [[first-class cricket\|first-class]] appearances largely for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club\|Middlesex]] and [[Cambridge University cricket team\|Cambridge University]] between 1904 and 1913, taking 31 wickets in his first four matches and 365 in total.<ref name="cricpro"/>

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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2022}}
Lieutenant '''Guy Greville Napier''' (26 January 1884 – 25 September 1915) was an [[United Kingdom|English]] [[cricket]]er and [[World War I]] combatant. Following his death from wounds received in [[France]], ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' declared him "one of the best medium pace bowlers seen in the University match in his own generation".<ref name="cricpro">{{cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/18054.html}}</ref>

Guy Napier was educated at [[Marlborough College]] and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]]. He was commissioned in the [[35th Sikhs]]. While attached to the [[47th Sikhs]] at the [[Battle of Loos]] he died of wounds on 25 September 1915.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/cricketers-who-died-in-world-war-1-part-4-of-5-167609 |title=Cricketers who died in World War 1 – Part 4 of 5 |work=Cricket Country |accessdate=28 November 2022}}</ref>

A right-arm medium pace bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, Napier made 81 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] appearances largely for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] and [[Cambridge University cricket team|Cambridge University]] between 1904 and 1913, taking 31 wickets in his first four matches and 365 in total.<ref name="cricpro"/>

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* {{cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/18054.html}}
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/14/14195/14195.html}}

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