# Philip Snow

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{{Short description|English-Fijian cricketer}}
{{about|the Fijian cricketer|the English cricketer|Philip Snow (cricketer, born 1907)}}
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|                date = 13 March
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'''Philip Albert Snow''' [OBE](/source/OBE) (7 August 1915 – 4 June 2012) was an [English](/source/English_people) [cricket](/source/cricket)er.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=203531 |title=Fiji legend Philip Snow passes on |publisher=The Fiji Times |date= |accessdate=2012-06-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122225340/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=203531 |archive-date=2013-01-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1936 Snow made his debut for the [Leicestershire Second XI](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) against the [Nottinghamshire Second XI](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club). From 1936 to 1937 Snow played four matches for the Leicestershire Second XI.

Snow made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Fiji](/source/Fiji_national_cricket_team) in 1948 against [Auckland](/source/Auckland_Aces) during Fiji's tour of [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). Snow made 5 first-class appearances on tour, with his final first-class match for Fiji coming against Auckland.

In his 5 first-class matches for Fiji he scored 121 runs at a [batting average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 17.28, with a high score of 38. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a [bowling average](/source/bowling_average) of 25.25, with best figures of 2/60.

Philip Snow was the younger brother of the scientist and author [C. P. Snow](/source/C._P._Snow) – of whom he wrote the biography ''Stranger and brother: a portrait of C. P. Snow'' (1982) – and the historian Eric Snow. He was educated at [Alderman Newton's School](/source/Alderman_Newton's_School), Leicester and [Christ's College, Cambridge](/source/Christ's_College%2C_Cambridge), and was by profession a colonial administrator in Fiji.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9495310/Philip-Snow.html|title = Philip Snow}}</ref><ref>{{Who's Who | title=SNOW, Philip Albert | id = U35579 | type = was | volume = 2018 | edition = online}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24068.html Philip Snow] at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)
*[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/24/24498/24498.html Philip Snow] at CricketArchive

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Category:1915 births
Category:2012 deaths
Category:Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Cricketers from Leicester
Category:Fijian cricketers
Category:Immigrants to former British colonies and protectorates in Oceania
Category:British colonial governors and administrators in Oceania
Category:People educated at Alderman Newton's School, Leicester

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