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Hugo Armitage
Personal information
Full name
Hugo Evans Armitage
Born28 April 1895
Wallington, Surrey, England
Died1966 (aged 70/71)
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1927/28Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 6
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 6
Balls bowled 30
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2023

Hugo Evans Armitage (28 April 1895 — 1966) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army.

The son Ernest Armitage,[1] he was born at Wallington in April 1895. Armitage began his career in the British Army prior to the First World War as a rifleman with the London Regiment.[2] He gained a commission in the First World War as a temporary second lieutenant; initially with the Tank Corps and then with the Green Howards, before being appointed to the Army Cyclist Corps, appointments which all happened in August 1915.[3][4] In August 1916, he was made a temporary lieutenant,[5] before being made a temporary captain whilst serving with the Machine Gun Corps in December 1917.[6] Amritage was transferred to the British Indian Army following the end of the war, where he was appointed as a temporary lieutenant in December 1918.[7] Whilst commanding a company in the 33rd Punjabis, he was appointed a temporary captain in July 1919;[8] he gained the full rank of captain in May 1920.[9]

Whilst serving in British India, Armitage made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus at Lahore in the 1927–28 Lahore Tournament.[10] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs opening the batting by Gurdit Singh, whilst in their second innings he batted from the middle order and was dismissed without scoring by Jagan Mehta.[11] He retired from active service in March 1933.[12] He was recalled to active service during the Second World War, serving in the British Indian Army as a brevet major in November 1939.[13] Armitage later died in England at Marlborough in 1966.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Shouted to the Enemy". Croydon Times. 2 January 1915. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Life story: Hugo Evans Armitage". www.livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. ^ "No. 29276". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1915. p. 8523.
  4. ^ "No. 29523". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 March 1916. p. 3292.
  5. ^ "No. 29817". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1916. p. 10836.
  6. ^ "No. 30532". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 February 1918. p. 2202.
  7. ^ "No. 31126". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 January 1919. p. 818.
  8. ^ "No. 31698". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 December 1919. p. 15752.
  9. ^ "No. 32017". The London Gazette. 13 August 1920. p. 8410.
  10. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Hugo Armitage". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Europeans v Hindus, Lahore Tournament 1927/28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  12. ^ "No. 33928". The London Gazette. 7 April 1933. p. 2374.
  13. ^ "No. 34816". The London Gazette. 22 March 1940. p. 1712.

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