Player profile

Full name David Anthony Bowdell Buggé
Born Tarshine, Steamer Point, Aden, December 12, 1956
Nickname
Batting style Right-hand top-order
Bowling style Right-arm nospin
Height 6 ft 0 in
Clubs Oxford University (1977), Blackheath, Esher
School XI 1973-1975
OC Career 1974 to date

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat		Inns		NO		Runs		HS		Ave		100		50		Ct		St
First-class	1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
OCCC	125		114		27		120		3585		41.21		20		3		78		0

Bowling averages

	Overs		Mdns		Runs		Wkts		Ave		Best		5WI		SR		Econ
First-class	7		2		22		0		-		-		-		-		3.1
OCCC	809.0		183		2490		124		20.08		7-53		3		39.1		3.1

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Profile

One of the finest allrounders produced by the School since the war, David Bugge played once for Oxford University but he was a better cricketer than that. He took over a club on the up from Peter Shelley in 1982 and, leading by example, built it into a winning unit. In his five years at the helm he hardly missed a game - he holds the club record of playing in 42 consecutive games between 1982 and 1984. The highlight of his tenure came in 1984 when we won all nine matches in the cricket week. An utterly dependable batsman, capable of either solid defence or whirlwind aggression as the situation demanded; a deceptively penetrative bowlers who looked little more than medium pace but disguised a nagging accuracy and a little more nip than the batsman expected; and a fearless and reliable close fielder (although less assured under boundary steeplers!). As captain David gave his all and expected others to do the same, and he brought out the best in many players, although he sometimes appeared bemused by the ragging of his peers. After stepping down as captain his appearances were fewer, business and an expanding family took their toll on his time, and the club suffered as a result, but after almost two decades away he returned, slower and with bad knees giving him the gait of John Cooke, but still more than able to hold his own. He reappearance made him an obvious choice to succeed John McDermott when he stepped down as president in 2008.

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