Hugh Bateman-Champain
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| Full name | Hugh Frederick Bateman-Champain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
6 April 1869 Ashford, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
7 October 1933 (aged 64) Ascot, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Claude Bateman-Champain (brother), Francis Bateman-Champain (brother), John Bateman-Champain (brother), Fendall Currie (uncle), Sir Frederick Larkins Currie (uncle), Robert Currie (uncle), William Currie (uncle). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1902 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1888–1902 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brigadier-General Hugh Frederick Bateman-Champain, CMG (6 April 1869 – 7 October 1933) was an Indian Army officer and also an England cricketer. Bateman-Champain was a right-handed batsman.
Bateman-Champain played 11 first-class matches for Gloucestershire, with his debut for the county coming in 1888 against Yorkshire and his final first-class match for the county coming against Surrey in 1902.[1] He also represented the Marylebone Cricket Club in a single first-class match in 1902 against Kent.[2]
Bateman-Champain died at Ascot, Berkshire on 7 October 1933.
Family
Educated Cheltenham College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Eldest son of Colonel Sir John Underwood Bateman-Champain, KCMG, RE and Harriet Sophie Currie.
Bateman-Champain was part of a large cricketing family. His brothers Claude, Francis and John all played first-class cricket, as did his uncles Fendall Currie, Sir Frederick Larkins Currie, Robert Currie and William Currie.
He married in Gloucester Cathedral on 3 February 1904 Dorothy Gertrude Arbuthnot and had two daughters.
Military Career and after
He joined the West Yorkshire Regiment in 1889. He transferred to the Indian Army and joined the 1 Gorkha Rifles in 1891. During the Great War he served on the Western Front in France and then was posted to Gallipoli 1914-15. He was promoted to Brigade Commander and sent first to Mesopotamia followed by North Persia 1917-20 with 36th Indian Brigade. He gained the rank of Colonel (Honorary Brigadier-General) in the service of the Indian Army. He retired in 1921 and became General-Secretary of the British Red Cross Society from then until his death.
References
External links
- Hugh Bateman-Champain at Cricinfo
- Hugh Bateman-Champain at CricketArchive
- Lists of matches and detailed statistics for Hugh Bateman-Champain