Major Cyril Penn Hamilton (12 August 1909–10 February 1941) was an English cricket

Cricket

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er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow

Fast bowling

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 bowler, he played eight first-class

First-class cricket

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 matches between 1932 and 1936, also representing the Egypt national cricket team

Egypt national cricket team

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 in 1938 and 1939.

Biography

Born in Adelaide

Adelaide

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 in 1909, Hamilton made his first-class debut for the British Army cricket team

British Army cricket team

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 against South America

South American cricket team in England in 1932

A cricket team from South America toured England, Scotland and Wales in the 1932 season. The team played six first-class matches and 12 other games...

 in June 1932, playing against the RAF

Royal Air Force cricket team

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 the following week. He played just one first-class match in the 1933 season

1933 English cricket season

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 - for the Army against the West Indies.

In the 1934 season

1934 English cricket season

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, he played for the Army and the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 in non first-class matches against Australia and Scotland respectively, his only first-class match being a Gentlemen v Players

Gentlemen v Players

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 contest in Folkestone

Folkestone

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In June 1935 he played for the Army against Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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 before playing his only two County Championship

County Championship

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 matches for Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 against Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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 and Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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. He also played for the MCC against Ireland at Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground

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His last first-class match was for the Army against Cambridge University in May 1936. He played four times for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI

Hubert Martineau

Hubert Melville Martineau was an English patron of cricket and organiser of his own team. He also played three first-class matches between 1931 and 1932...

, twice in 1938 and twice more in 1939, playing for the Army against Australia between the two. He was killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Artillery in 1941 in either Eritrea

Eritrea

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 or Libya

Libya

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