Lives in Cricket No 26 - HV Hesketh-Prichard

142 Green Jackets CC, Winchester 79 Gregory, J.M. 124 Greig, J.G. 45, 78 Grenada, West Indies 68 Gresham’s School, Holt 39-40 Grey (fourth) Earl 82 Grey Seals Protection Act 1914 97 Grimston, Hon and Rev Robert 88 Grimston, Hon Robert 88 Grimston, Lady Vera 88, 96 Grimston, Prichard and Flutte Ltd 118 Grimston Prichatrd Syndicate 118 Guildford CC 26, 28 Gwalior, India 7-10 Gweebarra Estuary, Co Donegal 44 Haggard, Sir H.Rider 45 Haigh, Schofield 59 Haiti (Hayti) 6, 29, 31, 33-35, 52, 132 Hamilton, Duke(s) of 6 Hammond, W.R. 36 Hampshire CCC 5, 6, 35-40, 44-48, 49, 50, 50 , 52, 54-56, 59, 61-63, 64 , 70, 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 98, 99, 101, 104- 106, 122, 124, 136 Hampshire Chronicle newspaper 39 ‘Hannay, Maj-Gen Sir Richard’ 129 Harben, Sir Henry 23, 28 Harborne, Lt 23 Hardy, Thomas 25 Harpenden CC 104 Harrison, Mr (teacher) 15 Harrison, W.H. 49 Harrow School 88, 89, 97, 106 Hastings, Central Ground 63 Hastings, Lady Maud 88 Hastings, Rt Hon Warren 7 Hastings, Sussex 9 Haverford, Merion CC ground 81 Havers, A.L. and H.L. 29 Hawke’s XI, Lord 66 Hay, Ian (I.H.Beith) 120 Hayes, E.G. 66, 67, 67 Hayward, T.W. 59 Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds 59 Hearne, Alec 46, 58, 105 Hearne, J.T. 52 Heinemann Ltd, W. 77 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire 85 Henley Royal Regatta 97 Hereford 8, 35 Herefordshire CCC 72 ‘Heron, E. and H.’ 25, 26, 32, 33, 125 Heseltine, Christopher 37, 47 Hesketh-Prichard, Alfred (son) 115, 130 Hesketh-Prichard, Diana (daughter) 98, 108 , 130 Hesketh-Prichard, Hesketh Vernon acting 28, 104 aide de camp in Dublin 79, 82, 84, 87, 98 ‘armour plate’ incident 115 batting methods 47, 59-61, 69, 71, 74, 106, 124 ‘beautiful innkeeper’ incident 25, 87 best first-class bowling 72 birth 7, 10 book on sniping 117, 121 bowling methods 18, 19-20, 22, 48, 59, 69, 70, 72, 99 , 100 , 122, 122 , 123 , 124 caught by Hobbs incident 105-106 changes surname 39 childhood 10-12 company directorships 118 courtship 85-87, 86 cricket for Fettes 15, 17-20 cricket for Horsham CC 21-24, 26, 28, 29, 35, 42, 44 cricket for Sussex II 26 cricket on the Western Front 114-117 cricket tour to Egypt 110, 111 cricket tour to North America 80-82 cricket tour to West Indies 65-69 death and funeral 118-120 detective fiction 104, 109, 125, 127 education at Fettes 13-15, 20 election to MCC 58 establishes sniping school 114 , 115, 116 exposure to gas 114, 119 eye strain 116 filmscript writer 111 first first-class match 38 first-class cricket 1900 38-40 1902 44-50 1903 54-56 1904 57-64 1905 69-74 1906 76, 77 1907 79-82 1912 98-102 1913 104-106 ‘game’ book 107 Hampshire qualification 28-29, 35, 36 hat-trick 81 heart condition 12, 14-15, 21, 120 highest first-class score 68-69, 136 honeymoon 89 law student 14, 20-22, 24, 25 lecturer 34, 95 malaria 6, 27, 40, 96, 119 meets Conan Doyle 26 meets Theodore Roosevelt 95, 96 Military Cross 115, 125 military music 12 Index