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Richard Busk
Personal information
Full name
Richard Dawson Busk
Born(1895-06-21)21 June 1895
Marylebone, London, England
Died24 December 1961(1961-12-24) (aged 66)
Rampisham, Dorset, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1912–1939Dorset
1919Hampshire
1920–1922Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 50
Batting average 12.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 5*
Balls bowled 534
Wickets 11
Bowling average 33.18
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 4/60
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 January 2010

Richard Dawson Busk BEM (21 June 1895 — 24 December 1961) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Warren Gould Busk (grandson of Wadsworth Busk),[1] he was born at Marylebone in June 1895. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he played cricket, rugby and rackets for the college.[2] While still a schoolboy at Marlborough College, Busk played minor counties cricket for Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship.[3] From Marlborough, he attended the Royal Military College and was commissioned into the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers as a second lieutenant in December 1914, five months into the First World War.[4] He was promoted to lieutenant in February 1916.[5]

Following the war, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1919, against the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team and Surrey. The following year, he made one first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the British Army cricket team, and played for the MCC again in 1923 against Scotland at Lord's.[6] In the Royal Lancers, he was promoted to captain in March 1921,[7] before being invalided due to ill health in March 1923.[8] Thereafter, he was employed by the Air Ministry.[2] Busk later appeared in his final first-class cricket match in 1927, for the West of England against the touring New Zealanders at Exeter.[6] In five first-class matches, he took 11 wickets with his right-arm fast bowling at an average of 33.18, with best figures of 4 for 60.[9] He played minor counties cricket for Dorset until 1939, making 142 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship since his debut in 1912.[3] He took 344 wickets in minor counties cricket for Dorset.[10] In later life, Busk was an officer with the Dorset Special Constabulary, holding the rank of assistant-commandant. For his service in the Constabulary, he was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 1957 New Year Honours.[11] Busk died in December 1961 at Rampisham, Dorset.

References

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  1. ^ Pearse, Charles. "X7701" (PDF). Whitlock. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b James, L. Warwick (1952). Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904. The College. p. 534.
  3. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Busk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ The Monthly Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. 1915. p. 2900.
  5. ^ "No. 29646". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 June 1916. p. 6476.
  6. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Richard Busk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. ^ "No. 32306". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 April 1921. p. 3370.
  8. ^ "No. 32809". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 March 1923. p. 2317.
  9. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Busk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Bowling For Each Team by Richard Busk". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  11. ^ "No. 40960". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1956. p. 31.
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