| Ronald Bailey | |
| Fullname: | Ronald Anthony Bailey |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Camberwell, London |
| Death Place: | Sissinghurst, Kent |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | Royal Navy |
| Club2: | Kent |
| Year2: | 1948 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 3 July |
| Debutyear1: | 1948 |
| Debutfor1: | Kent |
| Debutagainst1: | Warwickshire |
| Lastdate1: | 14 July |
| Lastyear1: | 1948 |
| Lastfor1: | Kent |
| Lastagainst1: | Northants |
| Date: | 5 April |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9450.html CricInfo |
Ronald Anthony Bailey (30 July 1923 – 28 September 1990), born Anthony Ronald Bailey,[1] was an English cricketer who served in the Royal Navy. He played in three first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1948.[2]
Bailey was born at Camberwell in London in 1923.[2] He served in the Royal Navy and made all three of his first-class appearances for Kent during July 1948. Kent were searching for a replacement for Norman Harding, an established fast bowler who had died in the 1947 polio epidemic after the end of the previous season and Bailey, a right-arm bowler, was tried in the team.[3] He opened the bowling in each of his three matches, but took only two wickets. In his five first-class innings he failed to score a run. He made a single appearance for the county's Second XI in August 1948, taking six wickets, and played several times for the Royal Navy cricket team between 1948 and 1953.[1]
Bailey died in 1990 at Sissinghurst near Tunbridge Wells in Kent. He was aged 67.[2]