Arthur Skey

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.

Arthur Skey

Personal information
Full name	Arthur Richard Harrie Skey
Born	13 February 1873 Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	13 July 1942(1942-07-13) (aged 69) Gosport, Hampshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 4 Batting average 4.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 4 Balls bowled 234 Wickets 6 Bowling average 19.50 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 5/27 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 June 2019

Life and naval career

Skey 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.