# Eric Hatfeild > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eric_Hatfeild > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eric_Hatfeild.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hatfeild > Source revision: 1347550431 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Eric Hatfeild | image = | country = England | fullname = Charles Eric Hatfeild | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1887|03|11}} | birth_place = Hartsdown, [Margate](/source/Margate), [Kent](/source/Kent) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1918|09|21|1887|03|11}} | death_place = [Cambrai](/source/Cambrai), France | nickname = | heightft = | heightinch = | heightcm = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = [Slow left-arm orthodox](/source/Slow_left-arm_orthodox) | role = | family = | club1 = [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) | year1 = {{nowrap|1907–1909}} | club2 = [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) | year2 = 1910–1914 | type1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket) | debutdate1 = 23 May | debutyear1 = 1907 | debutfor1 = Oxford University | debutagainst1 = [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) | lastdate1 = 13 July | lastyear1 = 1914 | lastfor1 = Kent | lastagainst1 = [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) | columns = 1 | column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 65 | runs1 = 1,498 | bat avg1 = 16.10 | 100s/50s1 = 0/8 | top score1 = 74 | deliveries1 = 2,906 | wickets1 = 64 | bowl avg1 =23.04 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 5/48 | catches/stumpings1 = 45/– | date = 30 April | year = 2016 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15679.html CricInfo }} '''Charles Eric Hatfeild''' {{post-nominals|MC}} (11 March 1887 – 21 September 1918) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) and [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) in the years before the [First World War](/source/First_World_War). Hatfeild was an officer in the [Royal East Kent Yeomanry](/source/Royal_East_Kent_Yeomanry) and the [East Kent Regiment](/source/East_Kent_Regiment). He was decorated for gallantry during the war and was killed in action in September 1918 at [Cambrai](/source/Cambrai) on the [Western Front](/source/Western_Front_(World_War_I)). ==Early life and education== Hatfeild was born at Hartsdown House near [Margate](/source/Margate) in [Kent](/source/Kent) in 1887, the son of a captain in the [1st King's Dragoon Guards](/source/1st_King's_Dragoon_Guards) and [JP](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) in a prominent local family.Lewis P (2013) ''For Kent and Country'', p.194. Brighton: Reveille Press.McCrery N (2015) ''Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War'' Pen and Sword, pp.1910–1912. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3BhCgAAQBAJ&dq=eric%20hatfeild&pg=RA2-PA1910 Available online], retrieved 2016-04-30.[http://www.margatecemetery.co.uk/Page-10-Grave-No-5-Charles-Taddy-Hatfield.htm Grave No.5 - The Grave of Charles Taddy Hatfeild] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308114336/http://www.margatecemetery.co.uk/Page-10-Grave-No-5-Charles-Taddy-Hatfield.htm |date=8 March 2016 }}, The Friends of Margate Cemetery. Retrieved 2016-04-30.Renshaw A (2014) ''Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918'', A&C Black, p.409. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eyoeAwAAQBAJ&dq=eric%20hatfeild&pg=PA409 Available online], retrieved 2016-04-30. He was the eldest child, having three brothers and three sisters. He was educated locally at Wellington House School at [Westgate-on-Sea](/source/Westgate-on-Sea) and later at [Eton College](/source/Eton_College) where he played in the school's cricket First XI in from 1903 to 1906, captaining the team, which included Herbert, in his final year.[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/30/30051/30051.html Eric Hatfeild], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-30. He was a very promising bowler at school, taking 12 wickets against [Harrow School](/source/Harrow_School) in a match at [Lord's](/source/Lord's) in 1903 but later developed as more of a batsman. He went to [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College%2C_Oxford), and played for [Oxford University Cricket Club](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) in 15 [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) matches, gaining a cricket [Blue](/source/Blue_(university_sport)) in 1908.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/228161.html Hatfeild, Capt Charles Eric - obituaries during the war], ''[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'', 1919. Retrieved 2016-04-30. After graduating from university Hatfeild attended [Wye Agricultural College](/source/Wye_Agricultural_College) in 1910–11. ==Cricket career== Hatfeild made his debut for [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) in June 1910 in a [County Championship](/source/1910_County_Championship) match against [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire_County_Cricket_Club) at the [County Ground, Derby](/source/County_Ground%2C_Derby). He played only two matches in 1910 as Kent won the County Championship, before gaining a more regular place in the Kent team in the following seasons. He was described in his [Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack) obituary as an "enthusiastic cricketer" who played "whenever he was wanted", making 15 appearances in 1912 and 12 in 1913 as Kent won the last of their four Championship titles of the years before the [First World War](/source/First_World_War). In total he made 45 appearances for the county as an all-rounder at a time when Kent were one of the dominant first-class counties and had a good supply of excellent players and, as a prominent and well-connected amateur, was considered a candidate to succeed [Ted Dillon](/source/Ted_Dillon) as captain of the team when he resigned after the 1913 season.Lewis ''[Op. cit.](/source/Op._cit.)'', pp.194–197. He was elected a member of the Kent Committee in 1913. He toured [Argentina](/source/Cricket_in_Argentina) with [MCC](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) in 1911–12 alongside his Kent colleague [Lionel Troughton](/source/Lionel_Troughton). He played in all three first-class matches on the tour, the first first-class matches played by the [Argentina national cricket team](/source/Argentina_national_cricket_team), taking 16 first-class wickets on the tour including his best first-class bowling figures of five wickets for 48 runs.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Marylebone_Cricket_Club_in_South_America_1911-12/f_Marylebone_Cricket_Club_Bowling.html First-class bowling for Marylebone Cricket Club in Argentina 1911–12], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-30. He also toured the US with [Incogniti](/source/Incogniti) in 1913. Hatfeild made his final first-class appearance in July 1914 against [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) at [Tunbridge Wells](/source/Nevill_Ground) just before he was mobilised after the start of the [First World War](/source/First_World_War). ==Military career and death== Hatfeild was commissioned as a [Second Lieutenant](/source/Second_Lieutenant) in the [Royal East Kent Yeomanry](/source/Royal_East_Kent_Yeomanry) in 1913{{London Gazette|issue=28693|page=1450|date=25 February 1913}} and later transferred to the [East Kent Regiment](/source/East_Kent_Regiment), serving in the 10th battalion. He was mobilised immediately after the outbreak of war in 1914 and served throughout the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), seeing action in the [Gallipoli campaign](/source/Gallipoli_campaign), [Egypt, Palestine](/source/Sinai_and_Palestine_Campaign) and on the [Western Front](/source/Western_Front_(World_War_I)) in France. He rose to the rank of Captain and commanded a company. Hatfeild was killed in action on 21 September 1918 fighting near [Cambrai](/source/Cambrai) in northern France during the [Hundred Days Offensive](/source/Hundred_Days_Offensive). He was posthumously awarded the [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross) for the "conspicuous gallantry" he had shown three days before his death leading his company in an attack at [Templeux-le-Guérard](/source/Templeux-le-Gu%C3%A9rard) during the offensive.{{London Gazette|issue=31665|page=14787|date=28 November 1919|supp=y}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=14623}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatfeild, Eric}} Category:English cricketers Category:Kent cricketers Category:1887 births Category:1918 deaths Category:Territorial Force officers Category:People educated at Eton College Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford Category:Alumni of Wye College Category:Oxford University cricketers Category:Free Foresters cricketers Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category:British Army personnel of World War I Category:Royal East Kent Yeomanry officers Category:Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) officers Category:British military personnel killed in World War I Category:Recipients of the Military Cross Category:Sportspeople from Margate Category:Military personnel from Kent Category:Cricketers from Kent Category:20th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Eric Hatfeild](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hatfeild) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hatfeild?action=history)). 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