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

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

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]

References

^ ^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.