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Full name | Robert Harry Mornement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Roudham, Norfolk, England | 5 August 1873||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 April 1948 Chatham, Kent, England | (aged 74)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1895–1896 | Norfolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1906 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 3 March 2010 |
Surgeon Rear Admiral Robert Harry Mornement OBE (15 August 1873 — 16 April 1948) was an English first-class cricketer and a surgeon in the Royal Navy.
The son of Edward Mornement, he was born in August 1873 at Roudham, Norfolk. Mornement was a medical student at the Middlesex Hospital, graduating in 1896. [1] During his studies, Mornement played minor counties cricket for Norfolk in 1895 and 1896, making two appearances against Hertfordshire at Bishop's Stortford in the Minor Counties Championship. [2] In 1897, he was an assistant medical officer at the Cane Hill Hospital. [3] In December 1899, he joined the Royal Navy Medical Service (RNMS) and was appointed staff surgeon aboard HMS Highflyer, [4] before being appointed staff surgeon at Eastney Barracks in Portsmouth in June 1905. [5] Having scored heavily for the Royal Navy Cricket Club in minor cricket matches, [6] Mornement made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Yorkshire at Sheffield in the 1906 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances for Hampshire in 1906, against Warwickshire and Somerset. [7] In his three matches for Hampshire, he took six wickets with his right-arm medium pace bowling at an average of 28.50, with best figures of 3 for 62. [8]
Mornement transferred aboard HMS Commonwealth as staff surgeon in May 1907. [9] He later made two further appearances in first-class cricket for the combined Army and Navy cricket team against a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team at Portsmouth in 1910 and Aldershot in 1911. [7] He took three wickets at an average of 29.33 in his two matches, [8] in addition to scoring his only first-class half century, with a score of 73 at Aldershot. [10] Mornement served during the First World War, initially in the Royal Navy as a fleet surgeon, before being attached to the Medical Branch of the British Army as a temporary lieutenant colonel. [11] Toward the end of the war, he was made a Grade A lieutenant colonel in October 1918, [12] and following its conclusion he was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours. [13] After the war, he was attached to the Royal Air Force, where he held the rank of wing commander until October 1919, when he returned to duties with the RNMS. [14] He was reappointed to Eastney Barracks in January 1921, [15] and was made a surgeon captain in December 1923. [16] He was placed on the retired list in August 1928, [17] and was promoted to surgeon rear admiral in April 1929. [18] Mornement died at the Royal Naval Hospital at Chatham on 16 April 1948. [19]
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Full name | Robert Harry Mornement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Roudham, Norfolk, England | 5 August 1873||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 April 1948 Chatham, Kent, England | (aged 74)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1895–1896 | Norfolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1906 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 3 March 2010 |
Surgeon Rear Admiral Robert Harry Mornement OBE (15 August 1873 — 16 April 1948) was an English first-class cricketer and a surgeon in the Royal Navy.
The son of Edward Mornement, he was born in August 1873 at Roudham, Norfolk. Mornement was a medical student at the Middlesex Hospital, graduating in 1896. [1] During his studies, Mornement played minor counties cricket for Norfolk in 1895 and 1896, making two appearances against Hertfordshire at Bishop's Stortford in the Minor Counties Championship. [2] In 1897, he was an assistant medical officer at the Cane Hill Hospital. [3] In December 1899, he joined the Royal Navy Medical Service (RNMS) and was appointed staff surgeon aboard HMS Highflyer, [4] before being appointed staff surgeon at Eastney Barracks in Portsmouth in June 1905. [5] Having scored heavily for the Royal Navy Cricket Club in minor cricket matches, [6] Mornement made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Yorkshire at Sheffield in the 1906 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances for Hampshire in 1906, against Warwickshire and Somerset. [7] In his three matches for Hampshire, he took six wickets with his right-arm medium pace bowling at an average of 28.50, with best figures of 3 for 62. [8]
Mornement transferred aboard HMS Commonwealth as staff surgeon in May 1907. [9] He later made two further appearances in first-class cricket for the combined Army and Navy cricket team against a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team at Portsmouth in 1910 and Aldershot in 1911. [7] He took three wickets at an average of 29.33 in his two matches, [8] in addition to scoring his only first-class half century, with a score of 73 at Aldershot. [10] Mornement served during the First World War, initially in the Royal Navy as a fleet surgeon, before being attached to the Medical Branch of the British Army as a temporary lieutenant colonel. [11] Toward the end of the war, he was made a Grade A lieutenant colonel in October 1918, [12] and following its conclusion he was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours. [13] After the war, he was attached to the Royal Air Force, where he held the rank of wing commander until October 1919, when he returned to duties with the RNMS. [14] He was reappointed to Eastney Barracks in January 1921, [15] and was made a surgeon captain in December 1923. [16] He was placed on the retired list in August 1928, [17] and was promoted to surgeon rear admiral in April 1929. [18] Mornement died at the Royal Naval Hospital at Chatham on 16 April 1948. [19]