Hugh Michael Sells (23 March 1922 – 17 January 1978) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.
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| Full name | Hugh Michael Sells | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1922 Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 January 1978 (aged 55) Chelsea, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Sells was born in Westcliff-on-Sea and was educated at Malvern College.[1] He was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a pilot officer in November 1943.[2] He was promoted to the war substantive rank of flying officer in June 1944.[3] Shortly after the conclusion of the war, he was promoted to the war substantive rank of flight lieutenant in November 1945.[4] He played first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force cricket team against Worcestershire at Worcester in 1946.[5] Batting twice in the match as an opening batsman, he was dismissed for 26 runs in the Royal Air Force first-innings by Roly Jenkins, while in their second-innings, he was dismissed for 20 runs by Leonard Oakley.[6]
After the leaving the Royal Air Force, he later worked as a field manager for British Oxygen Gases.[7] Sells died at Chelsea in January 1978.
References
edit- ^ "Player profile: Hugh Sells". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 36314". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 90.
- ^ "No. 36314". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 90.
- ^ "No. 37377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 December 1945. p. 5941.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Hugh Sells". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Worcestershire v Royal Air Force, 1946". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ Iron and Steel International. Vol. 30th volume. IPC Science and Technology Press. 1957. p. 80.