Robert Baily
Robert Edward Hartwell Baily CBE (6 June 1885 – 19 September 1973) was an English cricketer of Surrey and Cambridge University. A gentlemen cricketer, Baily played for Surrey and Cambridge between 1904 and 1908.[1] He was also captain of Harrow School's First XI during his time there, as well as his own representative team: REH Baily's XI; he played for Gentlemen of England in 1905 and the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1909.[2] Born in Limpsfield, Surrey, where his father ran a preparatory school, he died in Hereford.[1]
His father, Edward Baily, played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex.
On leaving Cambridge, Baily joined the Sudan Political Service and served there 1909–32, including as governor of Kassala Province 1926–32.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Robert Baily". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "Teams Played For". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ BAILY, Robert Edward Hartwell, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
External links
- Robert Baily at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1885 births
- People from Oxted
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- English cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Surrey cricketers
- Gentlemen of England cricketers
- 1973 deaths
- People educated at Harrow School
- Sudan Political Service officers
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Order of the Nile