# Richard Hawkey

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{{Short description|English cricketer and squash player}}
{{Distinguish|Richard Hawley}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = 
|               image = 
|             country = England
|            fullname = Richard Bladworth Hawkey
|          birth_date = 7 August 1923
|         birth_place = [Teddington](/source/Teddington), [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex), England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1991|3|19|1923|8|7}}
|         death_place = [Hillingdon](/source/Hillingdon), Middlesex, England
|            nickname = 
|              family = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [medium](/source/Seam_bowling)
|                role = 
|               club1 = 
|               year1 = 
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 3
|               runs1 = 42
|            bat avg1 = 7.00
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 13
|         deliveries1 = 288
|            wickets1 = 1
|           bowl avg1 = 139.00
|            fivefor1 = –
|             tenfor1 = –
|       best bowling1 = 1/40
|  catches/stumpings1 = -/-
|                date = 25 December
|                year = 2018
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14630.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Richard Bladworth Hawkey''' (7 August 1923 – 19 March 1991) was an [English](/source/English_people) first-class cricketer and squash player.

Born at [Teddington](/source/Teddington), Hawkey was educated at [Merchant Taylors' School](/source/Merchant_Taylors'_School%2C_Northwood).<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228716.html |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1991 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=2018-12-25}}</ref> Going up to the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge), Hawkey made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for the [Free Foresters](/source/Free_Foresters_Cricket_Club) against [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) in 1948.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30057/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Hawkey |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-12-25|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The following year he played two first-class matches ''for'' Cambridge University against the touring [New Zealanders](/source/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team) and [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club), both played at [Fenner's](/source/Fenner's).<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 42 runs and took a single wicket across his three first-class matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30057/30057.htmll |title=Player profile: Richard Hawkey |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-12-25 |url-access=subscription }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Besides playing cricket, he was also an international [squash](/source/Squash_(sport)) player, representing [England](/source/England_Squash).<ref name="OBIT"/> He also wrote a number of coaching books on the subject. He died at [Hillingdon](/source/Hillingdon) in March 1991.<ref name="OBIT"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1923 births
Category:1991 deaths
Category:People from Teddington
Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Category:People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:English cricketers
Category:Free Foresters cricketers
Category:Cambridge University cricketers
Category:English male squash players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:20th-century English non-fiction writers

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