Basil Rought-Rought, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1904
Place of Birth: Brandon, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Oct-1995
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Basil Rought-Rought
- Basil William Rought-Rought (15 September 1904 – 27 October 1995) was an English cricketer.
- Rought-Rought was a left-handed batsman.
- He was born at Brandon, Suffolk. Rought-Rought made his debut for Norfolk against Hertfordshire in the 1926 Minor Counties Championship.
- He made 123 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship for Cheshire before World War II.
- He made his debut in first-class cricket in 1933 for HDG Leveson Gower's XI against Oxford University at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, with him making a further first-class appearance in that season for the team at the same venue against Cambridge University.
- He scored 129 runs in his two matches, which a high score of 61 against Cambridge University.
- Playing minor counties cricket for Norfolk allowed Rought-Rought to be selected to play for a combined Minor Counties cricket team, with him making his debut for the team in a first-class match against the touring New Zealanders in 1937 at the Rose Brothers Ground, Gainsborough.
- He made a further first-class appearance for the team in 1938 against Oxford University at the University Parks.
- In his two first-class matches for the team, he scored 100 runs, with a high score of 50 against the New Zealanders.He served during World War II in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, holding the rank of Lieutenant in 1940.
- He was captured in France in 1940, spending most the war as a Prisoner of War.
- He attempted to escape captivity, but was unsuccessful on his first attempt.
- In 1945, he made a second attempt at escaping captivity, this time succeeding in his escape and returning to England.Following World War II, Rought-Rought returned to playing minor counties cricket for Norfolk, making sixteen further appearances, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire in 1948.
- His brothers, Rodney and Desmond, both played first-class cricket.
- The three brothers all had long careers for Norfolk, where they encouraged the young Bill Edrich.
- He later wrote, "many a time they gave me a quiet hint or bit of advice that was invaluable, and which occurred to me many a time afterwards, in the strenuous, hard grind of a Test match".The brothers' unusual surname originated with their father, who was born Albert William Rought Whitta.
- His maternal grandfather William Rought left him the family hatters and furriers business in Brandon on the condition that he adopted the surname Rought.
- He became Albert William Rought-Rought.Basil Rought-Rought died at the place of his birth on 27 October 1995.
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