Altaff Ali Mungrue (25 August 1934 – 11 December 2015) was a Trinidadian-born English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force airman.
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| Full name | Altaff Ali Mungrue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 1934 Port of Spain, Trinidad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 December 2015 (aged 81) Maidenhead, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mungrue was born at Port of Spain and later emigrated to England, where he enlisted in the Royal Air Force (RAF). While serving in the RAF, Mungrue played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team in 1964, making two appearances against Cambridge University at Uxbridge, and Oxford University at Aldershot.[1] He scored 102 runs in these two matches, with a high score of 51,[2] which came against Cambridge University.[3] With his mixture of right-arm off break and medium pace bowling, Mungrue took 8 wickets at 16.12 in these two matches, with best figures of 4 for 58.[4] He played minor matches while serving in both Singapore and Malaya in 1960–61.[5]
Altaff died in December 2015 at Maidenhead, Berkshire.[6]
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Altaff Mungrue". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Altaff Mungrue". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Combined Services v Cambridge University, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Altaff Mungrue". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Player profile: Altaff Mungrue". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 62037". The London Gazette. 30 August 2017. p. 16400.