Arthur Richard Harrie Skey (13 February 1873 – 13 July 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Skey served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy from 1896, rising to the rank of surgeon rear-admiral. He also played first-class cricket for the Royal Navy.
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| Full name | Arthur Richard Harrie Skey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1873 Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 July 1942 (aged 69) Gosport, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and naval career
editSkey was born at Lucknow in British India, before being educated in England at Dulwich College.[1] From there he trained to be a surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[2] After qualifying he joined the Royal Navy, where he was appointed as a surgeon in November 1896.[3] He was promoted to the rank of staff surgeon in November 1904.[4] Skey appeared in a single first-class cricket match for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1912.[5] In the Army's first-innings, he took figures of 5 for 27, while in their second-innings he took figures of 1 for 90.[6] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 4 runs in the Royal Navy's first-innings by Francis Wyatt, while in their second-innings he was unbeaten without scoring.[6]
He served in the navy during the First World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches for actions during the Battle of Jutland.[7] He was awarded the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus by Italy in August 1917.[8] By July 1927, he held the rank of surgeon captain. It was in July 1927 that he was promoted to the rank of surgeon rear-admiral.[9] He died at Royal Hospital Haslar at Gosport in July 1942.
References
edit- ^ "Player profile: Arthur Skey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ Onwhyn, J. (1897). The Lancet. p. 80.
- ^ "No. 26795". The London Gazette. 17 November 1896. p. 6273.
- ^ "No. 27826". The London Gazette. 11 August 1905. p. 5548.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Skey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Army v Royal Navy, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "No. 29751". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 September 1916. p. 9073.
- ^ "No. 30227". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 August 1917. p. 8208.
- ^ "No. 33291". The London Gazette. 5 July 1927. p. 4324.