Background
Doggart was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
cricketer association football player
Doggart was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
He was educated at Bishop"s Stortford College and Cambridge.
He saw active service in the army during the First World War, before going to university. He played cricket as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler for Cambridge University (1919–1922) (where he was awarded a "Blue" in 1921 and 1922), Durham in 1924 and Middlesex in 1925. He was a useful football player as an inside-forward.
He appeared in the Cambridge football XI in 1920 and 1921, gained a full international cap for England, Captaining the team versus Belgium in 1924 and took part in four Amateur Internationals.
He was also a successful football administrator and served as the Chairman of the Field Artillery from 1961 to 1963. He died suddenly while chairing the annual meeting of the Football Association at Lancaster Gate, Bayswater.
He was 66.
He was a committee member of Sussex Commodity Credit Corporation and of the full Marylebone Cricket Club Committee.