Stephen Goldring (born 18 November 1932) is an English former first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Stephen Goldring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 November 1932 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born at Portsmouth, Goldring served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps as a non-commissioned officer from 1960. He made one appearance in first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team against Oxford University at Aldershot in 1964.[1] Batting twice in the match at number 11, Goldring made unbeaten scores of 9 and 14.[2] He also bowled a total of thirteen wicketless overs across the match with his right-arm fast bowling.[2]
Goldring became a commissioned officer in November 1969, when he was promoted from staff sergeant to second lieutenant, with seniority to November 1967.[3] At the same time he was also promoted to the rank of lieutenant, with the same antedated seniority.[3] He was promoted to the rank of captain in November 1971.[4] He was awarded the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct in July 1975,[5] before promotion to the rank of major in June 1978.[6] He retired from active service in July 1987.[7]
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Stephen Goldring". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Combined Services v Oxford University, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b "No. 44994". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 December 1969. p. 12862.
- ^ "No. 45526". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 November 1971. p. 12757.
- ^ "No. 46644". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 July 1975. p. 9646.
- ^ "No. 47588". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 July 1978. p. 8327.
- ^ "No. 51009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 July 1987. p. 9576.