| Herbert Bailey | |
| Country: | Barbados |
| Full Name: | Herbert Packer Bailey |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 1889 |
| Birth Place: | St Michael, Barbados |
| Death Place: | Hollebeke, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Club1: | Barbados |
| Year1: | 1909–10 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 26 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.66 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 13 |
| Deliveries1: | 66 |
| Wickets1: | 8 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 8.25 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/12 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/0 |
| Date: | 1 August |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/51312.html Cricinfo |
Herbert Packer Bailey (5 December 1889 – 31 July 1917) was a Barbadian first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Born in St Michael on 5 December 1889, Bailey appeared in three first-class matches for Barbados, all in the Inter-Colonial Tournament.[1] [2] In his debut, playing British Guiana at the Kensington Oval on 13 January 1909, Bailey scored 13 runs in his first inning, but did not bat in the second.[3] During his next two matches, Bailey scored 8 runs and took 8 wickets for 28 runs as a bowler.[4] [5]
During the First World War, Bailey enlisted as a private in the Artists Rifles. He was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant on probation in the East Surrey Regiment on 5 September 1916, becoming attached to a mortar battery. Bailey was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in action near St. Eloi on 7 June 1917. The citation read:
Bailey was killed in action several weeks later at Hollebeke on 31 July 1917. His body was not recovered or identified, and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate.