# Michael Kaye

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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{about||the American surgeon and researcher|Michael Peter Kaye}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = 
|               image = 
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Michael Arthur Chadwick Porter Kaye
|          birth_date = 11 January 1916
|         birth_place = [Kensington](/source/Kensington), London, England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1998|9|22|1916|1|11}}
|         death_place = [Charing Cross](/source/Charing_Cross), London, England
|            nickname = 
|              family = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [medium-fast](/source/Seam_bowling)
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1937–1938
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 17
|               runs1 = 395
|            bat avg1 = 17.95
|           100s/50s1 = –/2
|          top score1 = 78
|         deliveries1 = 2,175
|            wickets1 = 31
|           bowl avg1 = 40.12
|            fivefor1 = 1
|             tenfor1 = –
|       best bowling1 = 5/89
|  catches/stumpings1 = 11/–
|                date = 3 June 
|                year = 2019
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15953.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Michael Arthur Chadwick Porter Kaye''' {{postnominal|TD|DL}} (11 January 1916 – 22 September 1988) was an English first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er and [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer. Kaye played [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) predominantly for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) and the [Free Foresters](/source/Free_Foresters_Cricket_Club) between 1937 and 1949. He also served in the British Army with the [King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry](/source/King's_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry), seeing action in the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War). He later served as a [deputy lieutenant](/source/deputy_lieutenant) for the [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire).

==Early life and university cricket==
Kaye was born at [Kensington](/source/Kensington) in January 1916 and was educated at [Harrow School](/source/Harrow_School), where he was a part of the Harrow School contingent of the [Officers' Training Corps](/source/Officers'_Training_Corps).<ref name="GAZ">{{London Gazette |issue=34181|date=19 July 1935|page=464}}</ref> After leaving Harrow he enlisted in the [King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry](/source/King's_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry) as a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) in July 1935,<ref name="GAZ"/> before going up to [Pembroke College, Cambridge](/source/Pembroke_College%2C_Cambridge).<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Cambridge University List of Members |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1991 |page=737 |isbn=9780521434683 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge he made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) against the touring [New Zealanders](/source/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team) at [Fenner's](/source/Fenner's) in 1937.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30697/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Michael Kaye |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref> His only other first-class appearance in 1937 came for the [Free Foresters](/source/Free_Foresters_Cricket_Club) ''against'' Cambridge University.<ref name="FCM"/> He appeared in eight first-class matches for the university in 1938, before touring Jamaica with a combined [Oxford and Cambridge Universities](/source/Oxford_and_Cambridge_Universities_cricket_team) team in August 1938, playing two first-class matches against [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica_national_cricket_team) at [Kingston](/source/Sabina_Park).<ref name="FCM"/> In nine first-class matches for Cambridge, he scored 244 runs with a high score of 78,<ref name="FCB">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30697/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Michael Kaye |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref> while with his right-arm [medium-fast](/source/Seam_bowling) bowling he took 26 wickets at an [average](/source/bowling_average) of 34.50, with best figures of 5 for 89 against the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) in 1938,<ref name="FCBO">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30697/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Michael Kaye |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16663.html |title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University, 1938 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref> which saw him dismissed [Denis Compton](/source/Denis_Compton) for a [duck](/source/duck_(cricket)).<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228770.html |title=Wisden – Obituaries in 1988 |date=6 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref> He gained a [blue](/source/Blue_(university_sport)) in 1938,<ref name="OBIT"/> and after graduating from Pembroke in the same year,<ref name="BOOK"/> he made a further first-class appearance for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University in 1939.<ref name="FCM"/> He was also promoted to the rank of [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) in July 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34548|date=6 September 1938|page=5677}}</ref>

==Later military career and life==
Kaye served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), holding the [war substantive](/source/Military_rank) rank of [captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) by its conclusion. He resumed playing first-class cricket for the Free Foresters after the war, making four further appearances against Cambridge University between 1946 and 1949.<ref name="FCM"/> In six matches for the Free Foresters, he scored 127 runs and took 4 wickets.<ref name="FCB"/><ref name="FCBO"/> He was promoted to the rank of [lieutenant colonel](/source/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)) in May 1947.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38034|date=1 August 1947|page=3658|supp=y}}</ref> He was awarded the [Territorial Decoration](/source/Territorial_Decoration) in February 1949,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38530|date=4 February 1949|page=629|supp=y}}</ref> while in March 1955 he was appointed as an honorary [colonel](/source/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)) of a [Territorial Army](/source/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)) unit.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40419|date=25 February 1955|page=1256|supp=y}}</ref> Kaye resigned his commission in April 1959.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41674|date=3 April 1959|page=2253|supp=y}}</ref> He was appointed as a [deputy lieutenant](/source/deputy_lieutenant) for the [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire) in June 1960.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=42063|date=14 June 1960|page=4157|supp=y}}</ref> He died at [Charing Cross](/source/Charing_Cross) in September 1998.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=15953}}

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