Ivor Hale

Ivor Edward Hale (6 October 1922 – 6 October 2010) was an English cricketer. Hale was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Worcester, Worcestershire, and was educated at Royal Grammar School Worcester.

Ivor Hale

Personal information
Full name	Ivor Edward Hale
Born	6 October 1922 Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Died	6 October 2010 (aged 88) Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1947–1948	Gloucestershire
1946	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 16 Runs scored 314 Batting average 12.56 100s/50s –/1 Top score 61 Balls bowled 126 Wickets 2 Bowling average 32.50 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/18 Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 October 2012

Aged thirteen, Hale was given a trial at Lancashire's Old Trafford ground in 1936. Cec Parkin praised Hale following the schoolboys trial, stating "there can never have been a boy cricketer like him at his age". He also explained that Hale could spin the ball both ways and had the ability to bowl a googly.[1]

Following World War II, Hale made his first-class debut for Sussex against Oxford University in 1946 at Priory Park, Chichester. He made two further first-class appearances for Sussex in that season, against Warwickshire and Surrey, both in the County Championship.[2] He left Sussex at the end of that season and proceeded to join Gloucestershire, making his first-class debut for the county against the Combined Services in 1947. The following season, he made twelve first-class appearances, featuring against the touring Australians and making several appearances in the County Championship. His final first-class appearance that season came against the Combined Services.[2] In his thirteen first-class appearances for Gloucestershire, he scored 287 runs at an average of 14.35, with a high score of 61.[3] This score was his only half century and came against Cambridge University.[4]

He died at Malvern, Worcestershire, on 6 October 2010, his 88th birthday.

References

1. "Promising Cricketer". The Advocate. 7 October 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Ivor Hale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ivor Hale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
4. "Gloucestershire v Cambridge University, 1948". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

External links

• Ivor Hale at ESPNcricinfo
• Ivor Hale at CricketArchive