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13 February 1873 Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, British India |
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13 July 1942 (aged 69) Gosport, Hampshire, England |
Arthur Richard Harrie Skey (13 February 1873 – 13 July 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Skey served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy from 1896, rising to the rank of surgeon rear-admiral. He also played first-class cricket for the Royal Navy.
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Skey was born at Lucknow in British India, before being educated in England at Dulwich College.[1] From there he trained to be a surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[2] After qualifying he joined the Royal Navy, where he was appointed as a surgeon in November 1896.[3] He was promoted to the rank of staff surgeon in November 1904.[4] Skey appeared in a single first-class cricket match for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1912.[5] In the Army's first-innings, he took figures of 5 for 27, while in their second-innings he took figures of 1 for 90.[6] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 4 runs in the Royal Navy's first-innings by Francis Wyatt, while in their second-innings he was unbeaten without scoring.[6] He served in the navy during the First World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches for actions during the Battle of Jutland.[7] He was awarded the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus by Italy in August 1917.[8] By July 1927, he held the rank of surgeon captain. It was in July 1927 that he was promoted to the rank of surgeon rear-admiral.[9] He died at Royal Hospital Haslar at Gosport in July 1942.
References[]
- ↑ "Player profile: Arthur Skey". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32792/32792.html. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ↑ Onwhyn, J. (1897) (in en). The Lancet. p. 80. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NYlMAQAAMAAJ.
- ↑ "No. 26795". 17 November 1896. p. 6273. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26795/page/6273
- ↑ "No. 27826". 11 August 1905. p. 5548. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27826/page/5548
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Skey". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32792/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Army v Royal Navy, 1912". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8684.html. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ↑ "No. 29751". 15 September 1916. p. 9073. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29751/supplement/9073
- ↑ "No. 30227". 10 August 1917. p. 8208. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30227/supplement/8208
- ↑ "No. 33291". 5 July 1927. p. 4324. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33291/page/4324
External links[]
- Player profile: A from ESPNcricinfo
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