Eric Hudson (cricketer)

Hudson was born at Rajpur in British India in June 1900. He was educated at Haileybury,^[1] before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He graduated from Sandhurst in December 1919, entering as a second lieutenant into the Middlesex Regiment.^[2] He was seconded for service with the Royal Air Force in November 1922, by which point he held the rank of lieutenant.^[3] He relinquished the rank of flying officer when he returned to duty with the Middlesex Regiment in November 1926.^[4] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's in 1930.^[5] Playing as a right-arm fast bowler, he took the wickets of Alfred Jeacocke, Tom Jameson and Bill Bowes in the MCC first-innings with figures of 3 for 55, while in their second-innings he took the wicket of Sid Pegler, taking figures of 1 for 31. With the bat, he was dismissed in the Army first-innings by Bowes for 7 runs, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler without scoring.^[6] In the same year he was seconded as a supervising officer for physical training with the Eastern Command,^[7] a role he held until October 1933.^[8] He played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1933 and 1934, making nine appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.^[9]

He was seconded for service with the Army Education Corps (AEC) in May 1934,^[10] while in August 1934 he was promoted to the rank of captain.^[11] He was serving with the AEC in British India at the Indian Military Academy in April 1936,^[12] vacating this position in March 1939.^[13] He served in the Second World War with the AEC, and shortly after its conclusion he was promoted to the rank of major in February 1946.^[14] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in September 1949,^[15] before promotion to the rank of colonel in June 1953.^[16] He retired from active service in July 1959.^[17] Husdon died in February 1974 at Churston Ferrers, Devon. His brother, Reginald Hudson, also played first-class cricket.

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