| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Ivor Edward Hale |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Worcester, Worcestershire, England |
| Death Place: | Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Year1: | 1946 |
| Club2: | Gloucestershire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 16 |
| Runs1: | 314 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.56 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /1 |
| Top Score1: | 61 |
| Deliveries1: | 126 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 32.50 |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/18 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 8/ - |
| Date: | 17 October |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14442.html Cricinfo |
Ivor Edward Hale (6 October 1922 - 6 October 2010) was an English cricketer. Hale was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Worcester, Worcestershire, and was educated at Royal Grammar School Worcester.
Aged thirteen, Hale was given a trial at Lancashire's Old Trafford ground in 1936. Cec Parkin praised Hale following the schoolboys trial, stating "there can never have been a boy cricketer like him at his age". He also explained that Hale could spin the ball both ways and had the ability to bowl a googly.[1]
Following World War II, Hale made his first-class debut for Sussex against Oxford University in 1946 at Priory Park, Chichester. He made two further first-class appearances for Sussex in that season, against Warwickshire and Surrey, both in the County Championship.[2] He left Sussex at the end of that season and proceeded to join Gloucestershire, making his first-class debut for the county against the Combined Services in 1947. The following season, he made twelve first-class appearances, featuring against the touring Australians and making several appearances in the County Championship. His final first-class appearance that season came against the Combined Services.[2] In his thirteen first-class appearances for Gloucestershire, he scored 287 runs at an average of 14.35, with a high score of 61.[3] This score was his only half century and came against Cambridge University.[4]
He died at Malvern, Worcestershire, on 6 October 2010, his 88th birthday.