Episode 3407
Peter Badham
Tue, 2026-Sep-01 00:40 UTC
Length - 2:03
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia's vast and varied content, one random article at a time.
The random article for Tuesday, 1 September 2026, is Peter Badham.
Peter Henry Christopher Badham (11 February 1911 – 10 April 1983) was an English cricketer. Badham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Bagworth, Leicestershire and educated at Winchester College, where he played for the college cricket team.
Badham made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Oxford University in 1933, which was his only first-class appearance for his home county. The following year he played 3 further first-class matches for Oxford University, the last coming against a combined Minor Counties team. In his 4 career first-class matches, he scored 67 runs at a batting average of 11.16, with a high score of 38.
The same season he played for Leicestershire also saw him make his Minor Counties Championship debut for Buckinghamshire, a team he played Minor counties cricket for through to the end of the 1934 season. He later joined Dorset, making his debut for the county in the 1937 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. He played for Dorset up to 1939, also playing for them in 1946 and 1947 following the end of the Second World War.
He died in Upton, Dorset on 10 April 1983.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:40 UTC on Tuesday, 1 September 2026.
For the full current version of the article, see Peter Badham on Wikipedia.
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