Richard Cox Hales (29 September 1817 – 25 April 1906) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
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| Full name | Richard Cox Hales | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1817 Dinapore, Bengal Presidency, British India | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 April 1906 (aged 88) Hove, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1840 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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The son of James Hales of the Bengal Army, he was born in British India at Dinapore in September 1817. He later studied in England as a scholar at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge in 1838, before furthering his studies at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1840.[2] Batting twice in the match, he ended the Oxford first innings unbeaten on a single run, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by Frederick Thackeray.[3]
After graduating from Oxford, Hales took holy orders in the Church of England. His first ecclesiastical post was as rector of Carfax, Oxford from 1850, where he was also a lecturer at St. Martin's Carfax.[1] He became the rector of Woodmancote, Sussex in 1860.[4] Hales died at Hove in April 1906.
References edit
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1891). "Hales, Rev. Richard Cox". Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 585.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Hales". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University, 1840". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ Clerical Directory for 1872. Crockford's. 1872. p. 362.