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Owen Hughes
DFC
Born7 July 1889
Reigate, Surrey, England
Died4 June 1972(1972-06-04) (aged 82)
Saint Peter, Jersey
EducationMalvern College
Alma materClare College, Cambridge
Spouse
Eileen Armstrong Chauntrell
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(m. 1915)​
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1910Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 168
Batting average 21.00
100s/50s –/2
Top score 65
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 August 2020
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Royal Flying Corps
Years of service1915-1919
RankCaptain
UnitWorcestershire Regiment
Battles / warsWorld War I
AwardsDFC

Owen Hughes DFC (7 July 1889 – 4 June 1972) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the Royal Flying Corps.

The son of F. Hughes, he was born at Reigate in July 1889. He was educated at Malvern College, before going up to Clare College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1910, making five appearances.[2] In his five first-class matches for Cambridge, he scored 155 runs at an average of 25.83, making two half centuries and a high score of 65.[3] In addition to playing for Cambridge in 1910, he also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against a combined Army and Navy cricket team at Aldershot.[2]

When the First World War began, Hughes was in Singapore. He returned to Plymouth aboard the SS Malawa in January 1915, being commissioned shortly after in the Worcestershire Regiment as a second lieutenant.[4] However, he did not see action with the regiment as he instead undertook flight training at Farnborough flying a Farman MF.11. After completing his flight training, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in September 1915.[4] He initially joined No. 21 Squadron at Hounslow, before being posted to the newly formed No. 31 Squadron at Farnborough in October 1915. He accompanied the squadron to British India for operational duties at Risalpur in the North-West Frontier Province.[4]

He was promoted to captain in February 1917,[4] before being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the 1919 Birthday Honours for services rendered during the war.[5] Hughes was demobilised at Bombay following the war in March 1919 and set sail from there for Singapore.[4][6] He was married to Eileen Armstrong Chauntrell in September 1915, with the couple having one son. They later moved to Saint Peter in Jersey,[4] where he died in June 1972, at the age of 82 and shortly before his 83rd birthday.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Milward, L. S.; Bullock, E. C. (1905). The Malvern Register, 1865-1904. Malvern Advertiser. p. 514.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Owen Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Owen Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Captain Owen Hughes DFC". www.hambo.org. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. ^ "No. 31378". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1919. p. 31378.
  6. ^ "No. 31558". The London Gazette. 19 September 1919. p. 11686.
  7. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1972". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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