Hubert Garrett
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Hubert Frederic Garrett (13 November 1885 – 4 June 1915) played first-class
cricket
for Somerset
and for amateur sides in England in 1913 and 1914. He was born in Melbourne
, Australia
and died near Achi Baba
, Turkey
in the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.
Garrett was the son of the Australian Test cricket
player Tom Garrett
. He was educated at Cambridge University but did not appear in any matches for the university cricket team
. A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg spin
bowler, his first first-class games were for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's side in two festival matches against Cambridge and Oxford
universities at Eastbourne in June 1913. His leg-break and googly bowling was an instant success. In the Cambridge match, which was a 12-a-side first-class match, he took eight wickets for 70 runs, including a second innings analysis of five for 39. He improved on those figures in the 11-a-side match against Oxford, taking six for 60 and four for 32 for match figures of 10 for 92. Somerset signed him up and he played in eight first-class matches for the side in the latter stages of the 1913 season, but he was unable to repeat his Eastbourne success, and took only 14 wickets in these games.
In 1914, he made a single first-class appearance for MCC
in the match against Cambridge University.
According to his obituary in the 1916 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
, Garrett was killed while serving as a lieutenant in the 9th service battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment
in the Dardanelles campaign.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
for Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
and for amateur sides in England in 1913 and 1914. He was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Australia
Australia
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and died near Achi Baba
Achi Baba
Achi Baba is a height dominating the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.Achi Baba was the main position of the Ottoman Turkish defenses in 1915 during the World War I Gallipoli campaign.-References:...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
in the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.
Garrett was the son of the Australian Test cricket
Test cricket
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player Tom Garrett
Tom Garrett
Thomas William Garrett was an early Australian Test cricketer and, later, a distinguished public servant.-Early life:...
. He was educated at Cambridge University but did not appear in any matches for the university cricket team
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
. A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg spin
Leg spin
Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action, causing the ball to spin from right to left in the cricket pitch, at the point of delivery. When the ball bounces, the spin causes the ball to deviate sharply from right to left, that...
bowler, his first first-class games were for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's side in two festival matches against Cambridge and Oxford
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
universities at Eastbourne in June 1913. His leg-break and googly bowling was an instant success. In the Cambridge match, which was a 12-a-side first-class match, he took eight wickets for 70 runs, including a second innings analysis of five for 39. He improved on those figures in the 11-a-side match against Oxford, taking six for 60 and four for 32 for match figures of 10 for 92. Somerset signed him up and he played in eight first-class matches for the side in the latter stages of the 1913 season, but he was unable to repeat his Eastbourne success, and took only 14 wickets in these games.
In 1914, he made a single first-class appearance for MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
in the match against Cambridge University.
According to his obituary in the 1916 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom...
, Garrett was killed while serving as a lieutenant in the 9th service battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment
East Yorkshire Regiment
The East Yorkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated with the West Yorkshire Regiment , becoming The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of...
in the Dardanelles campaign.