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{{Short description|English cricketer and Indian Army officer (1882–1907)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Hugh Glennie Bignell
| image =
| country = England
| fullname =
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|10|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mozufferpore]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1907|5|6|1882|10|4|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], British Raj
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|fast]]
| family = [[Guy Bignell]] (Brother)
| club1 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
| year1 = 1901–1902
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year2 = 1901/1902
| clubnumber2 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 140
| bat avg1 = 15.55
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 49[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 54
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 24 December
| year = 2009
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9092.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Hugh Glennie Bignell''' (4 October 1882 – 6 May 1907) was an Indian born English [[British Army|Army]] officer and [[first-class cricket]]er. Bignell was a right-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled right-arm [[Seam bowling|fast]].

==Cricket==
Bignell made his first-class debut for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] in 1901 [[County Championship]] against [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]], where he made his highest first-class score of 49[[not out|*]]. Bignell played four matches for Hampshire in 1901, with his last game coming against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]].

In 1901/1902 Bignell played for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] in [[British Raj|India]] against the [[Parsees cricket team]], which was made up of members of [[Bombay]]s [[Zoroastrian]] community, at the [[Deccan Gymkhana|Deccan Gymkhana Ground]] in [[Pune]]. Bignell returned to England and represented Hampshire in a single first-class match against [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]].

==Military career==
Bignell was educated at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. After passing out on 27 August 1902, his name was added to the Unattached List of the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27468 |page=5536 |date=26 August 1902}}</ref> and he was in October posted to the Punjab command.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=24 November 1902 |page=7 |issue=36933}}</ref>

He died in [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] on 6 May 1907 from [[Typhoid fever]].

==Family==
Bignell's brother [[Guy Bignell]] represented Hampshire in a 55 first-class matches between 1904 and 1925, as well as representing the Europeans in 1923/24.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9092.html Hugh Bignell] at [[Cricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6485/6485.html Hugh Bignell] at CricketArchive

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[[Category:1882 births]]
[[Category:1907 deaths]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Hampshire cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Deaths from typhoid fever]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:British people in colonial India]]

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