| Sir Thomas Halsey, Bt | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Thomas Edgar Halsey |
| Birth Date: | 28 November 1898 |
| Birth Place: | South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England |
| Death Place: | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Royal Navy |
| Year1: | 1920–1928 |
| Club2: | Cambridge University |
| Year2: | 1920 |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Debutdate1: | 20 May |
| Debutyear1: | 1920 |
| Debutfor1: | Royal Navy |
| Debutagainst1: | Cambridge University |
| Lastdate1: | 25 August |
| Lastyear1: | 1928 |
| Lastfor1: | Royal Navy |
| Lastagainst1: | Royal Air Force |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 12 |
| Runs1: | 685 |
| Bat Avg1: | 38.05 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/4 |
| Top Score1: | 102 |
| Deliveries1: | 565 |
| Wickets1: | 7 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 55.42 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/78 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/0 |
| Date: | 7 June |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Source: | http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29909/29909.html CricketArchive |
Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey, 3rd Baronet, DSO (28 November 1898 – 30 August 1970) was an English cricketer,[1] naval officer (1916–1946), and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.[1]
A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1920 and 1928[2] and also represented the Egypt national cricket team.[3]
Born in South Mimms in 1898, Halsey was the elder son of Sir Walter Halsey, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Agnes Marion, the daughter of William Macalpine Leny.[4] He was educated at Eton College and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was already a lieutenant in the Royal Navy when he went up to Cambridge.[5]
Halsey was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler.
He played cricket for Eton in 1915 and 1916, but it was for the Royal Navy cricket team that he made his first-class debut, playing against his university side during the 1920 English cricket season.[6]
He played twice for the university cricket team in 1920, but did not gain his blue. The rest of his first-class matches were all for the Royal Navy, mostly against the British Army cricket team, though there were also matches against the RAF and New Zealand.
He began to play minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1921, continuing to play for them until 1932, a year in which he played for the Navy against a combined South America team. In 1936, he played for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI,[7] captaining the side and scoring a century in the first innings.[3] [8]
| Captain Sir Thomas Halsey | |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | Royal Navy |
| Serviceyears: | 1916–1946 |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Commands: | HMS Boadicea, HMS Malcolm, HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich), Naval Officer-in-Charge, Isle of Man,, RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) |
| Battles: | World War I, World War II, Dunkirk |
| Awards: | Naval GSM; DSO; 39–45, Atlantic, and Europe stars; Defence & War medals; Mentioned in Despatches |
| Laterwork: | DL 1948, JP 1950, CC 1953, and Vice-Lieut. Herts. 1957–1970 |
He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 7 June 1940 "for good services in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies from the beaches at Dunkirk".
Halsey retired from the Navy with the rank of captain in 1946,[13] and went on to serve as Deputy Lieutenant for Herts from 1948, a JP from 1950, County Councillor from 1953, and Vice-Lieutenant for Herts from 1957 until his death at Hemel Hempstead in 1970.
Halsey married Jean Margaret Palmer, daughter of Bertram Brooke, onetime Tuan Muda of Sarawak, and through him, granddaughter of the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Brooke. They had one son and two daughters.