Keen cricketer Colin Ross, who has died aged 41, carried on playing for his village side -- despite having a leg amputated.

Mr Ross, a leading figure in the quiz world, contracted cancer after a road accident and had to have a leg amputated.

But his mother Gina said he overcame his disability.

"It did not stop him playing cricket for Chesterton," she said.

"When he batted he had to have a runner. He was also having dents knocked out of his artificial leg where he used it to stop the ball when fielding."

Mr Ross, of Willow Drive, Bicester, was a civil servant for the Ministry of Defence all his working life, after leaving what is now Bicester Community College when he was 16.

He first worked at Bicester Ordnance Depot, now Bicester Defence Storage and Distribution Centre, as a draughtsman.

Later he was transferred to RAF Halton, near Wendover, Buckinghamshire, and to RAF Henlow in Bedforshire where he worked for the noise and vibration division of the Occupational and Environment Medicine Wing looking into the effects of aircraft engine noise on people. The job took him to many locations around the world.

He was a keen member of quiz team competitions, including the Civil Service team based at Graven Hill, Bicester.

The funeral was at St Edburg's Church, Bicester, on Tuesday, followed by cremation.