| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael Desmond Ponsonby Magill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 September 1915 Sevenoaks, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 September 1940 (aged 24) Filey, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1938 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Desmond Ponsonby Magill (28 September 1915 – 5 September 1940) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Whilst a student he played for the Oxford University Cricket Club against the Minor Counties and Leicestershire. Magill later played a single game for the Free Foresters and made two appearances for the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team in the West Indies.
Magill had been active in the Officers' Training Corps at Oxford and later joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment as an officer. He was killed while training in Yorkshire during the Second World War, having stood on a land mine.