Nigel Jerram

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

Nigel Jerram

Personal information
Full name	Nigel Martyn Jerram
Born	9 March 1900 Weymouth, Dorset, England
Died	19 December 1968(1968-12-19) (aged 68) Trescoll, Cornwall, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1922–1923	Oxfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 78 Batting average 78.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 43* Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2019

Life and military career

The son of Admiral Sir Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram,^[1] he was born at Weymouth and was educated at Marlborough College.^[2] After leaving Marlborough, he briefly served in the Hampshire Regiment as a second lieutenant,^[3] before studying medicine at the University of Cambridge and at St Thomas' Hospital.^[4]

He played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire in 1922 and 1923, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.^[5]

After graduating, he joined the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force as a flying officer in October 1928.^[6] He was promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant in April 1930.^[7]

He played first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force in 1930, making a single appearance against the Army at The Oval.^[8] 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.^[9] He was placed on the retired list in December 1932, on account of ill health.^[10]

Death

He died in December 1968 at Trescoll, Cornwall.^{[citation needed]}