David Hodgkiss
BornJune 1948
Died29 March 2020(2020-03-29) (aged 71)
NationalityBritish
EducationRepton School[1]
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool[1]
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • Cricket Administrator
Known forChairman of Lancashire County Cricket Club
AwardsOBE

David Michael William Hodgkiss OBE (June 1948 [2] – 29 March 2020[3]) was a British businessman, and Chairman of Lancashire County Cricket Club between April 2017 and March 2020.[4][5]

He was Chief Executive of structural steel contractor William Hare Group, a business founded by his grandfather. Hodgkiss's 2014 OBE was awarded for services to manufacturing and export at William Hare.[6][4][5][7][8][9]

Hodgkiss served over twenty years at Lancashire County Cricket Club as Committee Member (1998 - 2003), Treasurer (2003 - 2013), Vice-Chairman (2013 - 2017) and Chairman (2017 - 2020), being instrumental in completing a £60 million redevelopment of the Club's Old Trafford Cricket Ground.[1][5][10]

He died age 71 in March 2020 after catching COVID-19.[3] The England Cricket Team took to the field against the West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford wearing black armbands in his honour.[11] Farokh Engineer lauded Hodgkiss as the best and the most popular Chairman Lancashire County Cricket Club ever had.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lorimer, Malcolm. "David Hodgkiss OBE: Obituary". Lancashire Cricket Club. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Mr David Michael William Hodgkiss". Endole. March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "David Hodgkiss: Lancashire CCC chairman dies after contracting coronavirus". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "David Hodgkiss, Lancashire chairman, dies after contracting coronavirus". ESPNcricinfo. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Lancashire chairman David Hodgkiss dies after contracting coronavirus". The Guardian. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. ^ Price, David (31 March 2020). "William Hare boss dies after contracting coronavirus". Construction News. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. ^ "The Honours List June 2014: Order of the British Empire - OBE: Look who receives a gong in the latest round of honours". Wales Online. June 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  8. ^ "In full: Queen's Birthday Honours List". The Scotsman. 14 June 2014. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  9. ^ "The Gazette Supplement B13" (PDF). The London Gazette. 14 June 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. ^ Dudley, George (25 April 2017). "Lancashire County Cricket Club appoint David Hodgkiss". Sports Pro Media. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  11. ^ Bowman, Jamie (16 July 2020). "England cricketers to wear black armband in memory of Bolton businessman David Hodgkiss OBE". The Bolton News. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  12. ^ Dani, Bipin (2 April 2020). "Sad to hear cricket's first corona death : Farokh Engineer". The Daily Observer. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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