Humphrey Hicks

Humphrey Osmond Hicks
Humphrey Osmond Hicks
Born	20 May 1904; Esher, Surrey
Died	9 June 1986 (aged 82); Sidmouth, Devon

Humphrey Osmond Hicks (20 May 1904 - 9 June 1986) was a croquet player from England.

Born20 May 1904

Esher, Surrey

Died9 June 1986 (aged 82)

Sidmouth, Devon

Hicks won the President's Cup six times (1930, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954 and 1961), the Open Championship seven times (1932 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1952) and the Men's Championship nine times (1930, 1932, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1961 and 1966).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Hicks represented England in three MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on two occasions.^[1]^[2]

In 2008 Hicks was inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.^[4]

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Tournament	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Open Championship	QF	SF	F	2R	W	2R	2R	2R	A	3R	A	W
Men's Championship	SF	F	W	SF	W	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A
Champion Cup	8=	5	W	A	7	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH^*
Win-loss	5–2	6–2	9–1	3–2	10–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	6–0

Tournament	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Open Championship	SF	W	W	W	W	SF	W	F	1R	2R	F	SF	SF	F
Men's Championship	A	QF	W	W	W	2R	A	A	A	A	W	W	A	A
President's Cup	A	W	W	2	A	W	3	A	W	A	A	A	2	2
Win-loss	2–1	6–1	9–0	9–0	10–0	3–2	5–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	8–1	7–1	2–1	3–1

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Open Championship	QF	SF	1R	SF	1R	F	2R	F	1R	A	A	1R	QF	QF	3R
Men's Championship	A	W	SF	A	F	F	W	A	2R	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R
President's Cup	4	W	3=	A	4=	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Win-loss	2–1	7–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	6–2	5–1	5–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	3–2	1–2

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	SR	W–L	Win %
Open Championship	2R	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	2R	1R	7 / 45	95–38	71.4
Men's Championship	A	A	A	2R	1R	QF	A	A	A	A	9 / 26	61–16	79.2
President's Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	6 / 16
Win-loss	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	22 / 87	156–54	74.3

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Humphrey Osmond Hicks
Born	(1904-05-20)20 May 1904 Esher, Surrey
Died	9 June 1986(1986-06-09) (aged 82) Sidmouth, Devon