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Full name | Richard Kennett Page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 January 1910 Bursledon, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 July 2006 Baltinglass, Leinster, Ireland | (aged 96)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Ledger Hill (uncle) Anthony Hill (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 April 2019 |
Richard Kennett Page MC MBE (24 January 1910 – 27 July 2006) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Page served with the Royal Artillery from 1930–1956, serving with distinction during the Second World War in which he was awarded the Military Cross. During his military career he also played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team. In later life he was the vice-president of the Irish branch of the services charity SSAFA, for services to which he was made an MBE in 1995.