Richard Hales

English cricketer and clergyman

Personal information

Full name|

Richard Cox Hales

Born| 29 September 1817
Dinapore, Bengal Presidency,
British India
Died| 25 April 1906(1906-04-25) (aged 88)
Hove, Sussex, England
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

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

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1. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1891). "Hales, Rev. Richard Cox". 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

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* Richard Hales at ESPNcricinfo