Nick Majendie
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| Full name | Nicholas Lionel Majendie | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 June 1942 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1963 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Nicholas Lionel Majendie (born 9 June 1942 in Cheltenham) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University and Surrey in the 1960s.[1] He became an investment manager in Canada.
Life and career
[edit]Nick Majendie was educated at Winchester College, where he played cricket for the school, and at Christ Church, Oxford, playing for Oxford University from 1961 to 1963.[2] A wicket-keeper and lower-order batsman, after appearing in a few matches for Surrey late in the 1963 season he was named by the Test player Colin Cowdrey as one of the most promising young players in England: "[he did] enough to raise every eyebrow, for nothing eluded him and his obvious class became apparent to all".[3] However, Majendie played no further first-class cricket after the 1963 season.
After receiving an MA from Oxford, Majendie moved to Canada in 1964. He became a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1967, and in 1969 entered the investment business as a research analyst. Since then he has run his own investment companies.[4] Among other positions, he is a Director of Canaccord Genuity Corporation and Majendie Wealth Management.[5] He has also been a frequent investment commentator in the media.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Nicholas Majendie at ESPNcricinfo
- ^ "Nick Majendie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Colin Cowdrey, "My sixteen most promising youngsters", The Cricketer, November 1963, p. 24.
- ^ "Nick Majendie". The Wall Street Transcript. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Nicholas L. Majendie". Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Verus Financial Investment Team". Verus Financial. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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