Arthur Skey

English cricketer and Royal Navy officer

Arthur Skey
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Richard Harrie Skey
Born13 February 1873
Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died13 July 1942(1942-07-13) (aged 69)
Gosport, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow 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

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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Player profile: Arthur Skey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  2. ^ Onwhyn, J. (1897). The Lancet. p. 80.
  3. ^ "No. 26795". The London Gazette. 17 November 1896. p. 6273.
  4. ^ "No. 27826". The London Gazette. 11 August 1905. p. 5548.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Skey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Army v Royal Navy, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  7. ^ "No. 29751". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 September 1916. p. 9073.
  8. ^ "No. 30227". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 August 1917. p. 8208.
  9. ^ "No. 33291". The London Gazette. 5 July 1927. p. 4324.

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