Patrick Hughes (cricketer)
{{Short description|Irish cricketer and teacher (1943–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Patrick Hughes
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|04|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Blackrock, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26784/26784.html Cricket Archive profile]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|19|1943|4|10|df=yes}}
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 55
| bat avg1 = 11.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 35
| deliveries1 = 873
| wickets1 = 9
| bowl avg1 = 48.77
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/77
| catches/stumpings1= 6/–
| international = true
| country = Ireland
| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26784/26784.html CricketArchive
| date = 16 November
| year = 2022
}}
Lewis Patrick Hughes (10 April 1943 – 19 February 2022), also known as Podge Hughes, was an Irish cricketer and maths teacher at Mount Temple Comprehensive School.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000002/000240.shtml |title=Former Ireland international player Podge Hughes has died |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=20 February 2022}} A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played thirteen times for the Ireland cricket team between 1965 and 1978[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire133.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] including five first-class matches.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26784/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Patrick Hughes at Cricket Archive]
Playing career
Hughes made his debut for Ireland against Hampshire in September 1965 in a first-class match. It was very much a poor start to his international career, as he scored a duck in each innings and only took one wicket, and he did not play for Ireland again for almost three years. In June 1972 he played his final first-class match against Scotland and was again absent from the team for an extended period, this time for over five years, returning for a match against Sussex in July 1977. His last match for Ireland was against the MCC at Eglinton, County Londonderry in June 1978.
Statistics
Personal life and death
File:Podge Hughes Hockey Pitch Plaque.jpg
Hughes died on 19 February 2022, at the age of 78.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000002/000241.shtml |title=Lewis Patrick Hughes (1943 -2022) |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=20 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/lewis-patrick-podge-hughes-clontarf-dublin/486914 |title=The death has occurred of Lewis Patrick (Podge) Hughes |work=RIP.ie |access-date=20 February 2022}} His cousin Alan also represented Ireland at cricket. In February 2023, the hockey pitch in Mount Temple School was renamed in his memory, in partnership with Clontarf Hockey Club.[https://www.facebook.com/clontarfhc/posts/pfbid02jQkM8vJP5VEjKx95FL37QMErq5n59N5QPhLpD1gkB55TtPEHYmyqydLSghcz1UJ7l Announcement of Renaming of Hockey Pitch by Clontarf Hockey Club]