Philip Pank

{{short description|Indian-born English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Philip Pank

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Philip Esmond Durrell Pank

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|4|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Jaypore, Rajasthan, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|2|15|1892|4|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Colchester, Essex, England

| bowling = Left-arm orthodox spin

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Army

| year1 = 1925

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = England

| year2 = 1918

| clubnumber2 =

| club3 = Europeans (India)

| year3 = 1918

| type1 = First-class

| onetype1 =

| debutdate1 = 9 September

| debutyear1 = 1918

| debutfor1 = Europeans (India)

| debutagainst1 = Hindus

| lastdate1 = 3 June

| lastyear1 = 1925

| lastfor1 = Army

| lastagainst1 = Oxford University

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 79

| bat avg1 = 13.16

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 29

| deliveries1 = 217

| wickets1 = 9

| bowl avg1 = 12.55

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 7/12

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/0

| date = 26 April

| year = 2008

| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14259/14259.html CricketArchive

}}

Philip Esmond Durrell Pank (22 April 1892 – 15 February 1966) was an Indian born English cricketer.[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18498.html Cricinfo profile] A left-arm orthodox spin bowler,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14259/14259.html CricketArchive profile] he played first-class cricket in India in 1918 and in England in 1925[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14259/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Philip Pank] at CricketArchive and played four times for the Egypt national cricket team.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14259/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Philip Pank] at CricketArchive

Biography

Born in Jaypore in 1892, Philip Pank made his first-class debut playing for the Europeans in the Bombay Quadrangular tournament in September 1918. He played a match for England against India later in the year.

He played one first-class match during the 1925 English cricket season, playing for the British Army cricket team against Oxford University in June. He later played for Egypt, playing twice against the Free Foresters in 1927 and twice against HM Martineau's XI in 1931. He died in Colchester in 1966.

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