Basil Hayles
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| Full name | Norman Louis Haggett | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1916 Andover, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 November 2007 (aged 91) Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Basil Ratcliffe Marshall Hayles (29 October 1916 – 4 November 2007) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Hayles was born at Andover, Hampshire.[1] He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College,[1] before attending the Royal Military Academy.[2] He graduated from the academy in August 1936 and was posted to the Royal Corps of Signals as a second lieutenant,[2] with promotion to lieutenant coming in August 1939.[3] In the year prior to his promotion to lieutenant, Hayles played two first-class cricket matches as a wicket-keeper for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University at Fenner's, and Oxford University at Camberley.[4] He played a further first-class match for the Army in 1939 against Cambridge University.[4]
He served during the Second World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of captain in August 1944.[5] Following the war, Hayles played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team, making two appearances in 1947 against the touring South Africans at Portsmouth, and Oxford University at Oxford.[4] He also played minor counties cricket for Norfolk in the same year.[6] He followed these up with two further first-class appearances in 1949 against Hampshire at Aldershot, and Kent at Gillingham.[4] Across seven first-class appearances, Hayles scored 69 runs with a high score of 40.[1] He was promoted to the rank of major following the war in August 1949.[7] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in January 1957.[8] He was made a colonel in February 1964, with seniority to June 1963.[9]
Hayles retired from military service in October 1971.[10] He died 36 years later in November 2007 at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Player profile: Basil Hayles". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ a b "No. 34318". The London Gazette. 28 August 1936.
- ^ "No. 34660". The London Gazette. 29 August 1939.
- ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Basil Hayles". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "No. 36673". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 August 1944.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Basil Hayles". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "No. 38698". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 August 1949.
- ^ "No. 31247". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 December 1957.
- ^ "No. 43307". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 April 1964.
- ^ "No. 45510". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 November 1971.
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