Peter Hatch (cricketer)
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| Full name | Peter George Hatch | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1938 Kirkee,Bombay Presidency, British India | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Peter George Hatch(born 3 July 1938) is anEnglishformer first-class cricketer andBritish Armyofficer.
Hatch was born atKirkee,in what was thenBritish India.He was educated in England atMalvern College,[1]before attending theRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst.He graduated from the Royal Military Academy in December 1958, entering into theRoyal Engineersas asecond lieutenant.[2]He was promoted to the rank oflieutenantin December 1960.[3]Hatch debuted infirst-class cricketfor theCombined Services cricket teamagainstSurreyatThe Ovalin 1960, a season in which he also played against the touringSouth AfricansatPortsmouth.[4]
He attendedQueens' Collegeat theUniversity of Cambridgeduring his military service, graduating with aB.A.in 1963.[5]While at Cambridge, he played two first-class matches for theFree Forestersin 1961.[4]He was the secretary to the college cricket club in 1961–62, a position he relinquished upon his impending marriage.[6]In that same season, he played his final first-class match for the Combined Services againstNorthamptonshire.[4]Across five first-class matches, Hatch scored 60 runs with a high score of 15.[1]Shortly after obtaining his B.A., he was promoted to the rank ofcaptainin December 1964.[7]He gained hismastersfrom Cambridge in 1967.[5]He retired from active military service in June 1968, having received agratuity.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Player profile: Peter Hatch".CricketArchive.Retrieved14 March2019.
- ^"No. 41635".The London Gazette(Supplement). 13 February 1959. p. 1153.
- ^"No. 42222".The London Gazette(Supplement). 16 December 1960. p. 8713.
- ^abc"First-Class Matches played by Peter Hatch".CricketArchive.Retrieved14 March2019.
- ^abThe Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1991.Cambridge University Press.1991. p. 596.ISBN9780521434683.
- ^Queens' College 1961-1962(PDF).Queens' College, Cambridge. 1963. p. 15.
- ^"No. 43518".The London Gazette(Supplement). 15 December 1964. p. 10818.
- ^"No. 44625".The London Gazette(Supplement). 28 June 1968. p. 7348.