Cyril Hamilton
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Cyril Hamilton | ||||
England | ||||
Personal information | ||||
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Full name | Cyril Penn Hamilton | |||
Born | 12 August 1909 | |||
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | ||||
Died | 10 February 1941 (aged 31) | |||
Eritrea/Libya[1] | ||||
Role | Batsman | |||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm slow | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
1932-1936 | Army | |||
1935 | Kent | |||
1934 | Gentlemen of England | |||
First-class debut | 22 June 1932: Army v South America | |||
Last First-class | 23 May 1936: Army v Cambridge University | |||
Career statistics | ||||
First-class | ||||
Matches | 8 | |||
Runs scored | 475 | |||
Batting average | 39.58 | |||
100s/50s | 2/1 | |||
Top score | 121 | |||
Balls bowled | 241 | |||
Wickets | 6 | |||
Bowling average | 33.83 | |||
5 wickets in innings | 1 | |||
10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
Best bowling | 5/83 | |||
Catches/stumpings | 8/0 | |||
As of 8 June 2008 |
Major Cyril Penn Hamilton (12 August 1909–10 February 1941) was an English cricketer.[2] A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler, he played eight first-class matches between 1932 and 1936,[3] also representing the Egypt national cricket team in 1938 and 1939.[4]
[edit] Biography
Born in Adelaide in 1909,[3] Hamilton made his first-class debut for the British Army cricket team against South America in June 1932, playing against the RAF the following week. He played just one first-class match in the 1933 season - for the Army against the West Indies.[5]
In the 1934 season, he played for the Army and the MCC in non first-class matches against Australia and Scotland respectively,[6] his only first-class match being a Gentlemen v Players contest in Folkestone.[5]
In June 1935 he played for the Army against Cambridge University before playing his only two County Championship matches for Kent against Gloucestershire and Lancashire.[5] He also played for the MCC against Ireland at Lord's.[6]
His last first-class match was for the Army against Cambridge University in May 1936.[5] He played four times for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI, twice in 1938 and twice more in 1939, playing for the Army against Australia between the two.[6] He was killed in action in 1941[7] in either Eritrea or Libya.[1]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b His Wisden obituary gives his place of death as Libya, whilst his Cricinfo and CricketArchive profiles give it as Eritrea.
- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ a b CricketArchive profile
- ^ Teams played for by Cyril Hamilton at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d First-class matches played by Cyril Hamilton at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c Other matches played by Cyril Hamilton at CricketArchive
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1942, Obituaries