Cyril Hamilton

Cyril Hamilton

Personal information
Full name	Cyril Penn Hamilton
Born	12 August 1909(1909-08-12) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	10 February 1941(1941-02-10) (aged 31) Eritrea/Libya[1]
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm slow
Role	Batsman
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
Competition	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
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]

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 whilst serving with the Royal Artillery in 1941^[7][8] in either Eritrea or Libya.^[1]

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. ^ CWGC entry
8. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1942, Obituaries

Persondata
Name	Hamilton, Cyril
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 August 1909
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death	10 February 1941
Place of death	Eritrea/Libya