by Sumit Gangopadhyay
Paul Ian van der Gucht passed away on this day (Dec 15) 1993.
Captain of Radley College, he played for Gloucestershire. In 1939, this British citizen of Dutch ancestry was a member of the first Ranji Trophy winning side of Bengal.
The family was known as the Van Der Guchts of Calcutta.
Translated from Bengali by Arunabha Sengupta
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