Richard Hawkey

Not to be confused with Richard Hawley.

Richard Bladworth Hawkey (7 August 1923 – 19 March 1991) was an English first-class cricketer and squash player.

Richard Hawkey

Personal information
Full name	Richard Bladworth Hawkey
Born	7 August 1923 Teddington, Middlesex, England
Died	19 March 1991(1991-03-19) (aged 67) Hillingdon, Middlesex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 42 Batting average 7.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 13 Balls bowled 288 Wickets 1 Bowling average 139.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/40 Catches/stumpings -/-
Source: Cricinfo, 25 December 2018

Born at Teddington, Hawkey was educated at Merchant Taylors' School.^[1] Going up to the University of Cambridge, Hawkey made his debut in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University in 1948.^[2] The following year he played two first-class matches for Cambridge University against the touring New Zealanders and Warwickshire, both played at Fenner's.^[2] He scored 42 runs and took a single wicket across his three first-class matches.^[3] Besides playing cricket, he was also an international squash player, representing England.^[1] He also wrote a number of coaching books on the subject. He died at Hillingdon in March 1991.^[1]