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List of cricketers who died while playing

It is rare, but not uncommon for a cricketer to die whilst playing in a competitive match. No deaths in Test cricket, but several in FC matches, and several ex-FC players in less competitive games.

Deaths while playing first-class cricket

Name	Playing for	Playing against	Venue	Date	Cause of death	Notes
George Summers	Nottinghamshire	MCC	Lord's	1870	Struck on head by John Platts	Died at home 4 days later
Maurice Nichol	Worcestershire	Essex	Chelmsford	21 May 1934	Sudden death	Had long-term illnesses and died in his sleep after the second day's play
Reginald Northway	Northamptonshire	Derbyshire	Queen's Park, Chesterfield	26 August 1936	Car accident	Killed returning from final match of season
Dallas Page	Gloucestershire	Nottinghamshire	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester	2 September 1936	Car accident	Killed returning from final match of season
Abdul Aziz	Karachi	Combined Services	Karachi	17 January 1959	Struck above the heart by Dildan Awan	Died en route to hospital
Charlie Bull	Worcestershire	Essex	Chelmsford	28 May 1939	Car Accident	Killed in car accident on rest day, teammate seriously injured

Deaths playing non-FC cricket

Former first-class cricketers who died playing non-FC matches:

Name	Playing for	Playing against	Venue	Date	Cause of death	Notes
Andy Ducat	Surrey Home Guard	Sussex Home Guard	Lord's	23 July 1942	Heart attack	Died after lunch; match abandoned as mark of respect for Ducat. Only player to die at Lord's.
Tom Killick	St Alban's Diocese	Coventry Diocese	Northampton	18 May 1953	Heart attack
Wilf Slack			Banjul, The Gambia	15 January 1989	Heart attack	Collapsed during game after series of blackouts
Ian Folley	Whitehaven		Whitehaven	30 August 1993	Struck underneath eye whilst batting	Cardiac arrest under anaesthetic for operation on perforated eyeball
Raman Lamba	Abahani	Mohammedan	Bangabandhu	23 February 1998	Struck on temple	Hit at Short leg after calling for a helmet; died three days later from internal haemorrhage.
Wasim Raja	Surrey Over-50s		Marlow, Buckinghamshire	23 August 2006	Heart attack

Cricketers who have been murdered

Name	Date	Current club	Circumstances of death
Claude Tozer	21 December 1920	New South Wales	Shot three times by patient and lover, Dorothy Mort, at her home in Sydney
Jeff Stollmeyer	10 September 1989		Shot five times and beaten by intruders in his home
Muni Lal	8 January 1990		Murdered by intruders in his home
Haseeb-ul-Hasan	18 April 1990	Karachi	Shot by an unknown gunman
William Strydom	20 February 1995		Shot during robbery at his business premises
Ashley Harvey-Walker	28 April 1997		Shot in a Johannesburg bar.
Nezam Hafiz	11 September 2001	USA	Killed in World Trade Centre terrorist attack
Mark Parker	12 October 2002	Hampshire St Cross Symondians	Killed in Bali bombing terrorist attack.
Rahatullah	11 February 2008	North West Frontier Province	Shot by unknown assailants

Cricketers who have died in suspicious circumstances

Name	Date	Current club	Circumstances of death
Percy Hardy	9 March 1916	Somerset	Found at King's Cross railway station with throat cut; probably suicide rather than returning to war.
Jack Marsh	25 May 1916		Killed in brawl outside a pub
Rajesh Peter	16 November 1995		Found in his flat in suspicious circumstances
David Hookes	19 January 2004	Victoria coach	Killed in brawl outside a pub
Bob Woolmer	18 March 2007	Pakistan	Open verdict, possible strangulution or poisoning

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