Robert Hugh Priestley (23 November 1911 – 30 November 2007) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Robert Hugh Priestley | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1911 Maida Vale, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 November 2007(2007-11-30) (aged 96) Oakley, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Hugh Priestley (father) | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 March 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Priestly was born at Maida Vale to Hugh Priestley and his wife, Elizabeth Grainger Hall. He was educated at Winchester College.[1] He made one appearance in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University at Cambridge in 1932.[2] Batting twice in the match, Priestley was dismissed without scoring by Rodney Rought-Rought in the Free Forester's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 16 runs.[3]
He married Mary Hermia, daughter of Sir George Menteth Boughey, 9th Bt in 1935,[4] with the couple having three children.[5] He died one week after his 96th birthday in November 2007 at Oakley, Hampshire.[5]