Tom Pugh

Charles Thomas Michael "Tom" Pugh (13 March 1937 – 1 February 2016) was an English cricketer who captained Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He was also arguably, for almost half a century, the best doubles rackets player in the world.

At one time he owned and ran a nightclub, and as a result was charged with “keeping or managing a brothel”, but was acquitted.

He was born close to Lord's and was educated at Eton. His father committed suicide; his mother was an international ice hockey player.

Whilst doing his National Service and serving on HMS Adamant, he suffered a breakdown and was taken to a mental hospital in Portsmouth.

He bought and ran the nightclub King Sauna in Chelsea, formerly a closed down gay club, which was raided by the police and exposed by the News of the World. He was charged under the Sexual Offences Act, but was found not guilty. He subsequently ran a flower business, imported karaoke machines and ran karaoke evenings in both Florida and London.

In the early 1960s he was short-listed to be the first actor to play James Bond, having come to the attention of the producers through having appeared in television cigarette advertisements, but Sean Connery was preferred. His first wife, the model Kitty Green, also had a James Bond connection, in 1965 having a small part in Thunderball.

His second wife was Misty Ramsawak, from Trinidad and Tobago. He had two sons by his first wife and a daughter by his second.

Tom Pugh was a right-handed batsman who played in 80 first-class matches between 1959 and 1962, including 76 for Gloucestershire whom he captained in 1961 and 1962. He shared a record second-wicket stand for Gloucestershire of 256 with Tom Graveney versus Derbyshire at Chesterfield in 1960, scoring 137. In the 1960 season as a whole, he scored 1,011 runs at an average of 21.51.

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