Hugh Porter (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1911
Place of Birth: Kensington, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 08-Jan-1982
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Hugh Porter (cricketer)
- Hugh Lachlan Porter (25 January 1911 – 8 January 1982) was an English cricketer.
- Porter was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow.
- He was born at Kensington in London. Porter made his debut for Suffolk County Cricket Club against Lincolnshire in the 1934 Minor Counties Championship.
- Prior to the start of World War II in 1939, Porter made 32 appearances for Suffolk in the Minor Counties Championship.
- Playing minor counties cricket for Suffolk allowed him to be selected to play for a combined Minor Counties cricket team, who he made his first-class debut for against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1935.
- The Minor Counties won the toss and elected to bat first, making 195 all out, with Porter being dismissed for 38 runs by Jahangir Khan.
- Cambridge University then made 163 all out in their first-innings, to which the Minor Counties responded in their second-innings by making 144 all out, with Porter being dismissed for 4 runs by James Grimshaw.
- Set a target of 177 for victory, Cambridge University reached their target with four wickets to spare.
- He made a second first-class appearance for the team in 1935 against Oxford University at the University Parks.
- Oxford University won the toss and elected to bat first, reaching 169/4.
- With the match heavily impacted by poor weather, this was the only innings possible during the match, which ended as a draw.Following World War II, Porter returned to play minor counties cricket for Suffolk, making an additional 21 appearances, the last of which came against Bedfordshire in 1949.
- He later served as the President of Suffolk County Cricket Club from 1967 to 1969.
- In September 1939, he married Barbara Mary, with the couple having five children.
- He died at Ealing, Middlesex, on 8 January 1982.
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