Cyril Hamilton
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Full name | Cyril Penn Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | 12 August 1909||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
10 February 1941 31) Eritrea/Libya[1] | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 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] He also played hockey for Scotland, capped twice against Ireland in 1936 and 1937.
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 at Keren in Eritrea whilst serving with the Royal Artillery in 1941.[7][8]
Notes and references
- ↑ His Wisden obituary gives his place of death as Libya, whilst his Cricinfo and CricketArchive profiles give it as Eritrea.
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- 1 2 CricketArchive profile
- ↑ Teams played for by Cyril Hamilton at CricketArchive
- 1 2 3 4 First-class matches played by Cyril Hamilton at CricketArchive
- 1 2 3 Other matches played by Cyril Hamilton at CricketArchive
- ↑ CWGC entry
- ↑ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1942, Obituaries