Richard Dawson Busk BEM (21 June 1895 — 24 December 1961) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Richard Dawson Busk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1895 Marylebone, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 December 1961 (aged 66) Rampisham, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1912–1939 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1919 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920–1922 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of W. G. Busk, he was born at Marylebone in June 1895. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he played cricket, rugby and rackets for the college.[1] While still a schoolboy at Marlborough College, Busk played minor counties cricket for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship.[2] From Marlborough, he attended the Royal Military College and was commissioned into the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers as a second lieutenant in December 1914, five months into the First World War.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant in February 1916.[4]
Following the war, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1919, against the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team and Surrey. The following year, he made one first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the British Army cricket team, and played for the MCC again in 1923 against Scotland at Lord's.[5] In the Royal Lancers, he was promoted to captain in March 1921,[6] before being invalided due to ill health in March 1923.[7] Thereafter, he was employed by the Air Ministry.[1] Busk later appeared in his final first-class cricket match in 1927, for the West of England against the touring New Zealanders at Exeter.[5] In five first-class matches, he took 11 wickets with his right-arm fast bowling at an average of 33.18, with best figures of 4 for 60.[8] He played minor counties cricket for Dorset until 1939, making 142 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship since his debut in 1912.[2] He took 344 wickets in minor counties cricket for Dorset.[9] In later life, Busk was an officer with the Dorset Special Constabulary, holding the rank of assistant-commandant. For his service in the Constabulary, he was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 1957 New Year Honours.[10] Busk died in December 1961 at Rampisham, Dorset.
References edit
- ^ a b James, L. Warwick (1952). Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904. The College. p. 534.
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Busk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ The Monthly Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. 1915. p. 2900.
- ^ "No. 29646". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 June 1916. p. 6476.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Richard Busk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "No. 32306". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 April 1921. p. 3370.
- ^ "No. 32809". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 March 1923. p. 2317.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Busk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Bowling For Each Team by Richard Busk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "No. 40960". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1956. p. 31.