Douglas Nation (31 March 1916, Crowborough, Sussex — 29 December 1997, Crondall, Hampshire) was a cricketer with but one first-class appearance to his name. This was the Ranji Trophy semi-final in 1941/42: for Northern India against Bombay, Nation batted at number eleven and did not bowl in either innings, in spite of the fact that seven of his team-mates did. With Aidan and Spencer Crawley, he holds the distinction of being part of the only set of two grandfathers and a grandson to have played the first-class game.
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| Name | Nation, Douglas |
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| Short description | Indian cricketer |
| Date of birth | 1916 |
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| Date of death | 1997 |
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Famous quotes containing the words douglas and/or nation:
“For here the lover and killer are mingled
who had one body and one heart.
And death who had the soldier singled
has done the lover mortal hurt.”
—Keith Douglas (1920–1944)
“This nation is founded on blood like a city on swamps
yet its dream has been beautiful and sometimes just
that now grows brutal and heavy as a burned out star.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)