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{{short description|English cricketer, polo player, and British Army officer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
| fullname = Percival Bertram Sanger
| birth_date = 19 October 1899
| birth_place = [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Berkshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|9|17|1899|10|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Avebury (village)|Avebury]], [[Wiltshire]], England
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| batting = Right-handed
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| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
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| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
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| catches/stumpings1 = 2/1
| date = 13 April
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| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20583.html Cricinfo
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'''Percival Bertram Sanger''' (19 October 1899 – 17 September 1968) was an [[English people|English]] first-class cricketer, [[polo]] champion and [[British Army]] officer. In a military career which spanned from 1918–1947, he served in both the British Army and the [[British Indian Army]]. Additionall, he played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[British Army cricket team]], as well as winning the prestigious [[The Hurlingham Club|Hurlingham Club]] Championship in polo.

==Life and military career==
Sanger was born at [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and was educated at [[Cheltenham College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32586/32586.html |title=Player profile: Percival Sanger |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-04-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> From there he attended the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], graduating in June 1918 as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Field Artillery]] and serving in the latter stages of the [[First World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30728|date=4 June 1918|page=6669|supp=y}}</ref> He made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[British Army cricket team]] against the [[Royal Navy Cricket Club|Royal Navy]] at [[Lord's]] in July 1925.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32586/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Percival Sanger |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-04-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting once in the match, he scored 2 runs in the Army's only innings, before being dismissed by [[Dallas Brooks]].<ref name="SCORE">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11610.html |title=Army v Royal Navy, 1925 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-04-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a [[wicket-keeper]], he also took two catches and made a single [[stumping]].<ref name="SCORE"/>

He was seconded for service with the [[Colonial Office]] in September 1925, by which point he held the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33091|date=9 October 1925|page=6505}}</ref> He was granted the temporary rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in March 1929, while serving with the [[Royal West African Frontier Force]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33517|date=16 July 1929|page=4703}}</ref> He was restored to the Royal Artillery in November 1929,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33559|date=10 December 1929|page=8025}}</ref> after ceasing to be employed in the Royal West African Frontier Force.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33561|date=17 December 1929|page=8208}}</ref> By 1931, Sanger was serving in the [[British Indian Army]] as a captain.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33752|date=11 September 1931|page=5905}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in September 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34557|date=30 September 1938|page=6144}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34606|date=10 March 1939|page=1640}}</ref> He served during the [[Second World War]] with the British Indian Army as part of the [[11th Cavalry (Frontier Force)|Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |last1=Laffaye |first1=Horace A. |title=The Polo Encyclopedia |edition=2nd |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |page=330 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noT2BgAAQBAJ |isbn=978-0786495771 |language=en}}</ref> Following the conclusion of the war, Sanger was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in December 1945, with seniority [[Antedated contract|antedated]] to June 1944.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37699|date=23 August 1946|page=4249}}</ref>

While serving in India he was a noted 8-goal handicap [[polo]] player.<ref name="BOOK"/> Sanger took part in the Inter-regimental Tournament, the Western India Championship, the Radha Mohan Tournament, and the Queen's Bay Challenge Cup.<ref name="BOOK"/> In England he was a previous [[The Hurlingham Club|Hurlingham Club]] champion and winner of the Hargreaves (Warwickshire) Cup.<ref name="BOOK"/> He retired from active service with the British Indian Army in April 1947, retaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37940|date=25 April 1947|page=1856}}</ref> In retirement he was appointed to the British Army's Regular Army Reserve of Officers as a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Armoured Corps in January 1949.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38685|date=9 August 1949|page=3862|supp=y}}</ref> Having exceeded the age for recall, he was removed from the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|reserve of officers]] list in October 1954.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40335|date=26 November 1954|page=6685|supp=y}}</ref> He died in September 1968 at [[Avebury (village)|Avebury]], Wiltshire.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=20583}}

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