Cyril Hamilton

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Cyril Hamilton
England
Personal information
Full name Cyril Penn Hamilton
Born 12 August 1909(1909-08-12)
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
Source: CricketArchive

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

  1. ^ a b His Wisden obituary gives his place of death as Libya, whilst his Cricinfo and CricketArchive profiles give it as Eritrea.
  2. ^ Cricinfo profile
  3. ^ a b CricketArchive profile
  4. ^ Teams played for by Cyril Hamilton at CricketArchive
  5. ^ a b c d First-class matches played by Cyril Hamilton at CricketArchive
  6. ^ a b c Other matches played by Cyril Hamilton at CricketArchive
  7. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1942, Obituaries