Norton Hughes-Hallett, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetNorton Hughes-Hallett
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1895
Date of Death: 26-Mar-1985
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Norton Hughes-Hallett
- Norton Montresor Hughes-Hallett (18 April 1895 – 26 March 1985) was a British Army officer and a cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1913 and 1914. Hughes-Hallett was born at Melbourne, Derbyshire, the son of Norton Joseph Hughes-Hallett and his wife Alice Louisa Denton.
- He was educated at Haileybury College.
- He made his debut for Derbyshire in August 1913 in a match against Lancashire when he scored 32 in the first innings and took a wicket.
- He made little impact in the remaining two games that season.
- He played three games in 1914 with his top score of 67 against Hampshire and 53 against Leicestershire but bowled little.
- Hughes-Hallett was an upper-middle order right-hand batsman and played 11 innings in 6 first-class matches for Derbyshire with a top score of 67 and an average of 17.80.
- He was a leg-break bowler and took one wicket with an average of 27.00.Hughes-Hallett served with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in World War I in France and Belgium and was wounded in action.
- After the war, he served in Ireland from 1919 to 1922.
- He played several games for the Gentlemen of Shropshire in the Netherlands in 1924.
- He was then posted to India where he played for the Europeans in two Bombay Quadrangular Tournaments in 1925/26 and 1926–27.
- He achieved his best bowling performance of 8-81 against the Muslims in 1925–26, but in both years the Europeans lost to the Hindus in the final.
- In India, Hughes-Hallett played 6 innings in 4 matches with a top score of 41 and an average of 12.83.
- However he took 16 wickets with an average of 17.81 and a best performance of 8-81.Hughes-Hallett was involved in an unusual incident during the Europeans v Hindus match at Bombay during the 1925/26 Quadrangular Tournament.
- When batting, he received a note which said "hit or get out".
- Assuming that the note was from his captain, he carried out the order, and got out, only to discover on his return to the pavilion that the note was a hoax.He was a lieutenant-colonel in World War II with British Forces in Curaçao from 1941 to 1942 and garrison commander in Barbados in 1945 and 1946.
- Hughes-Hallet died at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire at the age of 89.Hughes-Hallett married firstly Laura Lindell Ross Fisher in Massachusetts USA in 1945.
- Following divorce in 1951, he married Georgina Mary Thompson.
- His brother-in-law, John Pawle, also played first-class cricket.
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