George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon
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Awards | Order of Aviz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1907 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
The son of George Kenneth Lyon, of the
Having decided on a career in the Royal Navy, he proceeded to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.[1] The year after entering Britannia, he went to sea as a midshipman aboard HMS Crescent.[1] Having been an acting sub-lieutenant, he was confirmed in the rank of sub-lieutenant in October 1902,[3] before being promoted to lieutenant in October 1904 while serving aboard HMS Caesar.[4][1] In 1906, he was selected to specialise in gunnery. He subsequently served as a gunnery officer aboard HMS Dido, HMS Duke of Edinburgh, and HMS Grafton.[1]
Lyon served throughout the
Lyon attended various senior officers' courses during the early 1930s and was promoted to
Sporting career
Cricket
Lyon made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Sussex at Portsmouth in the 1907 County Championship, with him making a second appearance for Hampshire in the same competition against Worcestershire, also at Portsmouth.[13] He would later make two further appearances in first-class cricket, either side of the First World War. The first, in 1911, came for a combined Army and Navy cricket team against a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team at Portsmouth, followed in 1922 with an appearance for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's.[13] His 1911 appearance was his most successful in first-class cricket, with Lyon top-scoring in the Army and Navy first innings with 90, before taking 4 for 51 with his medium pace bowling in the Oxford and Cambridge second innings, which contributed toward a six wickets victory for the Army and Navy.[14] In four first-class matches, he scored 185 runs at an average of 26.42, while with the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of exactly 20.[15]
Rugby union
Lyon played his domestic rugby union for the Royal Navy and United Services,[16] He was capped twice at international level for England as a full-back.[17][2] His first Test cap came in a loss to Scotland at Inverleith in the 1908 Home Nations Championship.[18] His second Test cap came the following year as captain against Australia at Blackheath,[18][1] which ended in another defeat for England.[19]
Family life and death
Lyon was married in 1912 to Helenora Mary Pierson, with the couple having three sons;
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Admiral Sir George D'oyly Lyon". The Times. No. 50845. London. 21 August 1947. p. 7. Retrieved 18 April 2024 – via Gale.
- ^ a b c "100 Years Ago". Old Bruntonian Magazine. King's School. 2010. p. 34.
- ^ "No. 27657". The London Gazette. 15 March 1904. p. 1692.
- ^ "No. 27721". The London Gazette. 11 October 1904. p. 6518.
- ISBN 9780877456575.
- ^ "No. 32782". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1922. p. 14.
- ^ "No. 33748". The London Gazette. 28 August 1931. p. 5620.
- ^ "No. 34109". The London Gazette. 30 November 1934. p. 7682.
- ^ "No. 34238". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1935. p. 3.
- ^ Boletim geral das Colónias (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Agência Geral das Colónias. 1938. p. 643.
- ^ "No. 34893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1940. p. 4243.
- ^ "Admirals promoted". Liverpool Daily Post. 18 June 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by George Lyon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Army and Navy v Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Other First-Class matches in England 1911". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ "Player profile: George Lyon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Wisden – Obituaries in 1947". ESPNcricinfo. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ ISBN 9781399949606.
- ^ a b "George Lyon – Test matches". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Australia tour – Blackheath, 9 January 1909". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ "Second Lieutenant Patrick Maxwell Lyon". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 50851. London. 28 August 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2024 – via Gale.