Ronald Bailey (cricketer)

Ronald Bailey

Personal information
Full name	Ronald Anthony Bailey
Born	(1923-07-30)30 July 1923 Camberwell, London
Died	28 September 1990(1990-09-28) (aged 67) Sissinghurst, Kent
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1948–1953	Royal Navy
1948	Kent
FC debut	3 July 1948 Kent v Warwickshire
Last FC	14 July 1948 Kent v Northants
Source: CricInfo, 5 April 2014

Ronald Anthony Bailey (30 July 1923 – 28 September 1990), born Anthony Ronald Bailey,[1] was an English cricketer who served in the Royal Navy. He played in three first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1948.[2]

Bailey was born at Camberwell in London in 1923.[2] He served in the Royal Navy and made all three of his first-class appearances for Kent during July 1948. Kent were searching for a replacement for Norman Harding, an established fast bowler who had died in the 1947 polio epidemic after the end of the previous season and Bailey, a right-arm bowler, was tried in the team.[3] He opened the bowling in each of his three matches, but took only two wickets. In his five first-class innings he failed to score a run. He made a single appearance for the county's Second XI in August 1948, taking six wickets, and played several times for the Royal Navy cricket team between 1948 and 1953.[1]

Bailey died in 1990 at Sissinghurst near Tunbridge Wells in Kent. He was aged 67.[2]

References

1. Ronald Bailey, CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
2. Ronald Bailey, CricInfo. Retrieved 5 April 2014
3. Moore D (1988) The History of Kent County Cricket Club, pp. 116–118. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7470-2209-7

External links

• Ronald Bailey at ESPNcricinfo