Richard Hawkey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Hawkey

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1923

Place of Birth: Teddington, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1991

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Richard Bladworth Hawkey (7 August 1923 – 19 March 1991) was an English first-class cricketer and squash player. Born at Teddington, Hawkey was educated at Merchant Taylors' School.
Going up to the University of Cambridge, Hawkey made his debut in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University in 1948.
The following year he played two first-class matches for Cambridge University against the touring New Zealanders and Warwickshire, both played at Fenner's.
He scored 42 runs and took a single wicket across his three first-class matches.
Besides playing cricket, he was also an international squash player, representing England.
He also wrote a number of coaching books on the subject.
He died at Hillingdon in March 1991.