Arthur Brodhurst should not be confused with Arthur Broadhurst.
| Arthur Brodhurst | |
| Full Name: | Arthur Hugh Brodhurst |
| Birth Date: | 1916 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Death Place: | Winchester, England |
| Nickname: | Podge |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right arm off break |
| Family: | Harry Altham (father-in-law) |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1937–39 |
| Club2: | Gloucestershire |
| Year2: | 1939–46 |
| Club3: | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) |
| Year3: | 1951 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 20 |
| Runs1: | 658 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.22 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/1 |
| Top Score1: | 111 |
| Deliveries1: | 614 |
| Wickets1: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 53.50 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4 for 83 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 8 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28153/28153.html CricketArchive |
Arthur Hugh ("Podge") Brodhurst (–) was an English cricketer and schoolteacher.
Brodhurst was educated at Malvern College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Gloucestershire from 1937 to 1946, re-appearing in a single first-class game for MCC in Canada in 1951. During the Second World War he was in the Royal Artillery commanding anti-aircraft units in the North African desert; later he was liaison officer with the Czech Armoured Brigade and ended the war as town major of Haarlem, where he re-introduced cricket to Holland. He taught at Winchester College from 1946 to 1978, including three periods in charge of cricket, and was a housemaster from 1954 to 1970.[1] His nickname there was Ahab in recognition of his initials and his obsessive behaviour.
Brodhurst married Meg, daughter of the cricket historian Harry Altham who was also a housemaster at Winchester College. They had three children.