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Alexander Graham Doggart, JP
Justice of the Peace

A Justice of the Peace is a puisne judicial officer appointed by means of a letters patent to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice and deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions....
 (2 June 1897 - 7 June 1963) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 administrator, cricketer
Cricketer

A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the term "cricket player"....
, footballer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 and magistrate
Magistrate

A magistrate is a judicial officer; in ancient Rome, the word magistratus denoted one of the highest government officers with judicial and executive powers....
.

Doggart was born in Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in North East England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham City at the Confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless....
, County Durham
County Durham

County Durham is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in North East England England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the county is the town of Darlington....
. He was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
. He saw active service in the army during the First World War, before going to university.

He played cricket
Cricket

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 as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler for Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club

Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the new Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence....
 (1919-1922) (where he was awarded a "Blue" in 1921 and 1922), Durham in 1924 and Middlesex in 1925.

He was a useful footballer as an inside-forward.






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Alexander Graham Doggart, JP
Justice of the Peace

A Justice of the Peace is a puisne judicial officer appointed by means of a letters patent to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice and deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions....
 (2 June 1897 - 7 June 1963) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 administrator, cricketer
Cricketer

A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the term "cricket player"....
, footballer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 and magistrate
Magistrate

A magistrate is a judicial officer; in ancient Rome, the word magistratus denoted one of the highest government officers with judicial and executive powers....
.

Doggart was born in Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in North East England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham City at the Confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless....
, County Durham
County Durham

County Durham is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in North East England England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the county is the town of Darlington....
. He was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
. He saw active service in the army during the First World War, before going to university.

He played cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler for Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club

Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the new Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence....
 (1919-1922) (where he was awarded a "Blue" in 1921 and 1922), Durham in 1924 and Middlesex in 1925.

He was a useful footballer as an inside-forward. He appeared in the Cambridge football XI in 1920 and 1921, gained a full international cap for England
England national football team

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 versus Belgium
Belgium national football team

The Belgium national football team is the national football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association....
 in 1924 and took part in four Amateur Internationals. He was a leading forward for the Corinthians, scoring the goal by which they defeated Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English FA Premier League Association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. It is one of only three teams to be founder members of both the Football League and the Premier League, the others being Aston Villa F.C....
 in Round 1 of the FA Cup
FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
 in January 1924. He also represented Bishop Auckland F.C.
Bishop Auckland F.C.

Bishop Auckland Football Club are an England football team based in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. They are one of the most successful amateurism sides, having won the old FA Amateur Cup on 10 occasions , and losing finalists on a further 8....
 and the Casuals F.C.
Casuals F.C.

Casuals F.C. were an amateur football club based in London, formed in 1878 in football .They were founder members of the Isthmian League in 1905 in football and won the FA Amateur Cup in 1936 in football ....
.

He was a committee member of Sussex CCC and of the full M.C.C. Committee
Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is the world's oldest and most famous cricket club. Founded in 1787, it is a private members' club. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground near St John's Wood in north London....
. He was also a successful football administrator and served as the Chairman of the F.A.
The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependency of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man....
 from 1961 to 1963. He died suddenly while chairing the annual meeting of the Football Association at Lancaster Gate, Bayswater. He was 66.

His brother Jimmy Doggart became a distinguished ear, nose and throat surgeon
Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a person who performs surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage....
 and his eldest son G.H.G. Doggart
Hubert Doggart

George Hubert Graham Doggart, Order of the British Empire, Master of Arts was an English Central Administration, cricketer and schoolmaster....
 became a successful cricketer, administrator and schoolmaster
Schoolmaster

A schoolmaster, or simply master, once referred to a male school teacher. This usage survives in United Kingdom public school , but is generally obsolete elsewhere....
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