Nigel Jerram

{{short description|English cricketer, medical doctor, and Royal Air Force officer}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Nigel Martyn Jerram

| birth_date = 9 March 1900

| birth_place = Weymouth, Dorset, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|12|19|1900|3|9|df=yes}}

| death_place = Trescoll, Cornwall, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Oxfordshire

| year1 = 1922–1923

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 78

| bat avg1 = 78.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 43*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 20 March

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15687.html Cricinfo

}}

Nigel Martyn Jerram MRCS LRCP (9 March 1900 – 19 December 1968) was an English first-class cricketer, medical doctor and Royal Air Force officer.

Life and military career

The son of Admiral Sir Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Births|date=12 March 1900 |page=1 |issue=36087}} he was born at Weymouth and was educated at Marlborough College.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30621/all_teams.html |title=Teams Nigel Jerram played for |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-20 |url-access=subscription}} After leaving Marlborough, he briefly served in the Hampshire Regiment as a second lieutenant,{{London Gazette |issue=31298|date=15 April 1919|page=5005|supp=y}} before studying medicine at the University of Cambridge and at St Thomas' Hospital.{{cite book |title=The Medical Directory |date=1951 |publisher=J. & A. Churchill, Limited |page=1789 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyYgAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}

He played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire in 1922 and 1923, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30621/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Nigel Jerram |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-20 |url-access=subscription}}

After graduating, he joined the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force as a flying officer in October 1928.{{London Gazette |issue=33430|date=16 October 1928|page=6636}} He was promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant in April 1930.{{London Gazette |issue=33660|date=11 November 1930|page=7178}}

He played first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force in 1930, making a single appearance against the Army at The Oval.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30621/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Nigel Jerram |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-20 |url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, Jerram was dismissed for a single run in the Royal Air Force first-innings by John Walford, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 9 runs by Frederick Arnold.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13561.html |title=Army v Royal Air Force, 1930 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-20 |url-access=subscription}} He was placed on the retired list in December 1932, on account of ill health.{{London Gazette |issue=33894|date=20 December 1932|page=8139}}