Nick Majendie
{{short description|English cricketer and investment manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Nick Majendie
| image =
| country = England
| international =
| fullname = Nicholas Lionel Majendie
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|6|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = Wicketkeeper
| club1 = Oxford University
| year1 = {{nowrap|1961–1963}}
| club2 = Surrey
| year2 = 1963
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 26
| runs1 = 313
| bat avg1 = 11.59
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 54
| hidedeliveries = true
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 64/4
| date = 24 May 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17283.html Cricinfo
}}
Nicholas Lionel Majendie (born 9 June 1942 in Cheltenham) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University and Surrey in the 1960s.{{cricinfo|id=17283|name=Nicholas Majendie}} He became an investment manager in Canada.
Life and career
Nick Majendie was educated at Winchester College, where he played cricket for the school, and at Christ Church, Oxford, playing for Oxford University from 1961 to 1963.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31173/31173.html |title=Nick Majendie |website=CricketArchive|access-date=29 May 2023}} A wicket-keeper and lower-order batsman, after appearing in a few matches for Surrey late in the 1963 season he was named by the Test player Colin Cowdrey as one of the most promising young players in England: "[he did] enough to raise every eyebrow, for nothing eluded him and his obvious class became apparent to all".Colin Cowdrey, "My sixteen most promising youngsters", The Cricketer, November 1963, p. 24. However, Majendie played no further first-class cricket after the 1963 season.
After receiving an MA from Oxford, Majendie moved to Canada in 1964. He became a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1967, and in 1969 entered the investment business as a research analyst. Since then he has run his own investment companies.{{cite web |title=Nick Majendie |url=https://www.twst.com/bio/nick-majendie/ |website=The Wall Street Transcript |accessdate=24 May 2019}} Among other positions, he is a Director of Canaccord Genuity Corporation and Majendie Wealth Management.{{cite web |title=Nicholas L. Majendie |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=30271211&privcapId=36032276&previousCapId=117597506&previousTitle=Morquest%20Trading%20Co.%20Ltd.|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=24 May 2019}} He has also been a frequent investment commentator in the media.{{cite web|title=Verus Financial Investment Team|url=https://www.verusfinancial.ca/the-verus-wealth-management-team/|website=Verus Financial|accessdate=24 May 2019|archive-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524012853/https://www.verusfinancial.ca/the-verus-wealth-management-team/|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Oxford University cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Cheltenham
Category:People educated at Winchester College
Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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