Richard Hawkey
Richard Bladworth Hawkey was an English first-class cricketer and squash player.
Born at Teddington, Hawkey was educated at Merchant Taylors' [School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors' School]. Going up to the University of Cambridge, Hawkey made his debut in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Cambridge [University Cricket Club|Cambridge University] in 1948. The following year he played two first-class matches for Cambridge University against the touring New Zealand [national cricket team|New Zealanders] and Warwickshire [County Cricket Club|Warwickshire], both played at Fenner's. He scored 42 runs and took a single wicket across his three first-class matches. Besides playing cricket, he was also an international squash player, representing England. He also wrote a number of coaching books on the subject. He died at Hillingdon in March 1991.