Sir Thomas Halsey, 3rd Baronet
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| Full name | Thomas Edgar Halsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1898 Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920–1928 | Royal Navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 20 May 1920 Royal Navy v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 25 August 1928 Royal Navy v Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 June 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey, 3rd Baronet,
A right-handed
Early life
Born in
Cricketer
Halsey was a right-handed
He played cricket for Eton in 1915 and 1916, but it was for the Royal Navy cricket team that he made his first-class debut, playing against his university side during the 1920 English cricket season.[6]
He played twice for the university cricket team in 1920, but did not gain his blue. The rest of his first-class matches were all for the Royal Navy, mostly against the British Army cricket team, though there were also matches against the RAF and New Zealand.[6]
He began to play
Captain Sir Thomas Halsey | |
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Vice-Lieut. Herts . 1957–1970 |
- China Station) 30 Apr 1925 – May 1926[9]
- HMS Victory 31 Jan 1927 – Jul 1927[9]
- Royal yacht) 20 Jan 1932 – Jan 1934[9]
- Commanding Officer, Mediterranean Fleet) 3 Aug 1934 – Feb 1936[9]
- Senior Officers' War Course (HMS President) 12 October 1936 – Feb 1937[9]
- an Assistant to Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord (HMS President) 8 Mar 1937 – Apr 1939[9]
- Commanding Officer, the destroyer HMS Malcolm (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 16th Destroyer Flotilla, 31 Jul 1939 – 25 Jun 1940[10] & 12 Aug 1940 – 22 Oct 1940.[9]
- HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich), Feb 1941–4 Feb 1942[9]
- Naval Officer-in-Charge, Isle of Man & CO Training establishment HMS St George, Douglas, Isle of Man 4 Feb 1942–(08.1942)[9][11]
- Commodore RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) 1945–1946[9]
He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 7 June 1940 "for good services in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies from the beaches at Dunkirk".[13]
County officer
Halsey retired from the Navy with the rank of captain in 1946,
Marriage and children
Halsey married Jean Margaret Palmer, daughter of
See also
- Halsey Baronets
References
- ^ a b "Cricinfo profile". Content-uk.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ a b "CricketArchive profile". Cricketarchive.co.uk. 30 August 1970. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ a b c Teams played for by Thomas Halsey at CricketArchive
- ^ HALSEY, Captain Sir Thomas Edgar in Who Was Who 1897–2007 online, Retrieved 8 June 2008.
- ^ "Cambridge Freshmen's Match". The Times. No. 42403. London. 6 May 1920. p. 7.
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Thomas Halsey at CricketArchive
- ^ Other matches played by Thomas Halsey at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Egypt v HM Martineau's XI, 23 April 1936 at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n J.N. Houterman. "(Halsey)". unithistories.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "– HMS Malcolm (D19)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ J.N. Houterman. "unithistories.com". unithistories.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "– HMS King George V (41)". Uboat.net. 20 January 1958. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "No. 34867". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1940. p. 3500.
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1971, Obituaries