Richard Hales

Richard Cox Hales (29 September 1817 – 25 April 1906) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

Richard Hales

Personal information
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1840	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 1 Batting average 1.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 1* Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 May 2020

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

1. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 585.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Richard Hales". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
3. "Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University, 1840". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
4. Clerical Directory for 1872. Crockford's. 1872. p. 362.

External links

• Richard Hales at ESPNcricinfo