| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Norman Louis Haggett |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Andover, Hampshire, England |
| Death Place: | Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 69 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.66 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 40 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/2 |
| Date: | 20 February |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14651.html Cricinfo |
Basil Ratcliffe Marshall Hayles (29 October 1916 - 4 November 2007) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Hayles was born at Andover, Hampshire.[1] He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College,[1] before attending the Royal Military Academy. He graduated from the academy in August 1936 and was posted to the Royal Corps of Signals as a second lieutenant, with promotion to lieutenant coming in August 1939. In the year prior to his promotion to lieutenant, Hayles played two first-class cricket matches as a wicket-keeper for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University at Fenner's, and Oxford University at Camberley.[2] He played a further first-class match for the Army in 1939 against Cambridge University.[2]
He served during the Second World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of captain in August 1944. Following the war, Hayles played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team, making two appearances in 1947 against the touring South Africans at Portsmouth, and Oxford University at Oxford.[2] He also played minor counties cricket for Norfolk in the same year.[3] He followed these up with two further first-class appearances in 1949 against Hampshire at Aldershot, and Kent at Gillingham.[2] Across seven first-class appearances, Hayles scored 69 runs with a high score of 40.[1] He was promoted to the rank of major following the war in August 1949. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in January 1957. He was made a colonel in February 1964, with seniority to June 1963.
Hayles retired from military service in October 1971. He died 36 years later in November 2007 at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.