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'''Maurice Douglas Pugh''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (1903–1986) was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches in India while serving as an officer in the Indian Police Force.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Maurice Pugh was born in [[Bradford, Yorkshire]], on 9 November 1903, and was educated at [[Bedford Modern School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14378/14378.html|title=Maurice Douglas Pugh at CricketArchive, retrieved July 2015}}</ref><br />
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He was a middle-order batsman and made his first-class debut for [[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]] against [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) during their inaugural tour to the sub-continent in 1926–27. He was dismissed by the Hampshire's slow left-arm bowler [[Stuart Boyes]] for 16. The following season, he appeared for the Punjab Governor's XI against [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] and was dismissed for 1 in his only innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14378/14378.html|title=Maurice Douglas Pugh at CricketArchive, retrieved July 2015}}</ref><br />
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He made two appearances for [[Bedfordshire County Cricket Club|Bedfordshire]] in the [[Minor Counties Championship]] while on leave in England in 1929.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14378/14378.html|title=Maurice Douglas Pugh at CricketArchive, retrieved July 2015}}</ref><br />
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Back in India, he played further non-first-class matches for the Punjab Governor's XI against [[Punjab University cricket team|Punjab University]] and Punjab and North-West Frontier Province against the [[Free Foresters]] in the 1930–31 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14378/14378.html|title=Maurice Douglas Pugh at CricketArchive, retrieved July 2015}}</ref><br />
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Maurice Pugh also played [[Rugby Union]] for [[Bedford Blues|Bedford]].<ref>Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedfordshire Times Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), p. 209</ref><br />
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As a police officer, Pugh rose to become Deputy Inspector General for the North-West Frontier Province. He was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38161/supplement/.../data.pd...|title=Supplement to the London Gazette, 1st January 1948, retrieved July 2015}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><br />
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Maurice Pugh died on 30 August 1986 in [[Bedford, England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14378/14378.html|title=Maurice Douglas Pugh at CricketArchive, retrieved July 2015}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14378/14378.html|title=Maurice Douglas Pugh at CricketArchive}}<br />
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[[Category:People educated at Bedford Modern School]]<br />
[[Category:Northern Punjab cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Bedford Blues players]]<br />
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Police Service officers in British India]]<br />
[[Category:Bedfordshire cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:English rugby union players]]<br />
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