From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugh Montgomery (Royal Marines officer)
Hugh Montgomery (Royal Marines officer)
Hugh Montgomery class cricketer and Royal Marine Light Infantry officer.
Personal information Montgomery was born in India and was a cousin of Field
Marshal Montgomery. He died as a result of injuries sus-
Full name Hugh Ferguson Montgomery
tained in the Bloody Sunday assassination of high-rank-
Born 6 May 1880(1880-05-06) ing British intelligence officers by the Irish Republican
Umbala, Bengal, India Army in the Irish War of Independence.
Died 10 December 1920(1920-12-10)
(aged 40)
Bray, County Dublin, Ireland
Cricket career
Montgomery played first-class cricket for Somerset be-
Batting style Right-handed
tween 1901 and 1909.[1] He also played a few matches for
Bowling style Unknown the MCC and one each for the Royal Navy and a "Gentle-
Role Batsman men of England" team; he played in other non-first-class
matches for both MCC and the Navy sides.
Domestic team information Montgomery was a middle-order right-handed bats-
Years Team man and an occasional bowler whose bowling style is not
known. He was educated at Marlborough College where
1901–09 Somerset
he played in the annual match at Lord’s against Rugby
1907–1908 MCC School in both 1897 and 1898.[2] He made his first-class
debut in two matches for Somerset in 1901. In the first,
First-class cricket 13 June 1901 Somerset v South Africans
debut against the South Africans he made 1 and 0.[3] He did
marginally a few weeks later with scores of 7 and 8 in the
Last First-class 31 May 1912 Royal Navy v The Army match against Gloucestershire.[4] He then made irregular
cricket
appearances for Somerset until 1909, playing more than
Career statistics a couple of matches only in the 1904 season. In this year
he made his only score of 50, reaching that exact score
Competition First-class
when opening the second innings as Somerset lost heavi-
Matches 17 ly to Sussex.[5] It was in 1904 as well that he took his only
first-class wickets, five in all, with a best return of two for
Runs scored 416
17 against Hampshire.[6]
Batting average 13.86 As well as playing odd games for Somerset, he also ap-
peared in most seasons in a couple of matches for MCC,
100s/50s –/1
though none of these matches were first-class until 1907.
Top score 50 Similarly, he played for the Royal Navy cricket team
Balls bowled 456
against the Army from 1908, but the only first-class
match in this series he played in was his last first-class
Wickets 5 match in 1912.[7]
Bowling average 53.40
5 wickets in innings – Military career
10 wickets in match –
Montgomery served with the Royal Navy but by 1916
during the First World War he was seconded to the Gen-
Best bowling 2/17 eral Staff as a brevet Major serving in the Royal Marine
Catches/stumpings
Catches/stumpings 10/– Light Infantry at the Admiralty.[8] In 1917 he was promot-
ed to be a temporary lieutenant-colonel and the citation
Source: CricketArchive, 28 January 2011 in the London Gazette records that he has by this time
been awarded the Distinguished Service Order medal.[9]
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Ferguson Montgomery CMG, His Commonwealth War Graves Commission citation says
DSO (6 May 1880, Umbala, Bengal, India – 10 December that he was mentioned in despatches six times.[10] In
1920, Bray, County Dublin, Ireland) was a British first-
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1920 he was seconded to the British Army serving in http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/
Dublin during the Anglo-Irish War. He was one of the se- Scorecards/6/6442.html. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
nior British intelligence officers known as the Cairo Gang [6] "Scorecard: Somerset v Hampshire".
who were shot by IRA gunmen in the events of Bloody www.cricketarchive.com. 1904-07-14.
Sunday, dying of his wounds almost three weeks later. He http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/
was buried in Brompton Cemetery. Scorecards/6/6531.html. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
[7] "Scorecard: Army v Royal Navy".
References www.cricketarchive.com. 1912-05-30.
http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/
[1] "Hugh Montgomery". www.cricketarchive.com. Scorecards/8/8684.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/ [8] London Gazette: no. 29618. p. 5741. 1916-06-09.
Players/3/3722/3722.html. Retrieved 2011-01-25. [9] London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30411. p. 12650.
[2] "Other Matches played by Hugh Montgomery". 1917-11-30.
www.cricketarchive.com. [10] Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry
http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/ Persondata
3/3722/Other_matches.html. Retrieved
Name Montgomery, Hugh
2011-01-25.
[3] "Scorecard: Somerset v South Africans". Alternative names
www.cricketarchive.com. 1901-06-13. Short description
http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/ Date of birth 6 May 1880
Scorecards/5/5684.html. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
[4] "Scorecard: Gloucestershire v Somerset". Place of birth Umbala, Bengal
www.cricketarchive.com. 1901-07-01. Date of death 10 December 1920
http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/ Place of death Bray, County Dublin
Scorecards/5/5714.html. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
[5] "Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset".
www.cricketarchive.com. 1904-05-26.
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