Paul Green-Armytage

{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Paul Armytage

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Paul Dayrell Green-Armytage

| birth_date = 28 March 1881

| birth_place = Clifton, Bristol, England

| death_date = 1971 (aged 89–90)

| death_place = Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling =

| role =

| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = 1911/12–1913/14

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 32

| bat avg1 = 8.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 19

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 28 November

| year = 2023

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/paul-green-armytage-28967 Cricinfo

}}

Paul Dayrell Green-Armytage (28 March 1881 – 1971) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the Royal Marines and the British Indian Army.

The second son of Alfred Green-Armytage,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002144/19140718/065/0003|title=Wedding|work=Horfield and Bishopston Record and Montepelier & District Free Press|location=Bristol|page=3|date=18 July 1914|access-date=28 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} he was born in March 1881 at Clifton. Green-Armytage was educated at Clifton College.{{cite book|title=Clifton College Annals and Register|first=Frank|last=Borwick|date=1912|page=333|publisher=J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd|location=Bristol|url=https://archive.org/details/b28994553/page/333|language=en}} Following the completion of his education, he joined the Royal Marines Light Infantry as a second lieutenant in September 1899,{{London Gazette|issue=27115|date=8 September 1899|page=5583}} with promotion to lieutenant following in July 1900.{{London Gazette|issue=27219|date=10 August 1900|page=4945}} In October 1905, he was appointed to the 117th Mahrattas of the British Indian Army,{{London Gazette|issue=27914|date=18 May 1906|page=3472}} with promotion to captain following in March 1910;{{London Gazette|issue=28392|date=5 July 1910|page=4781}} this promotion was later antedated to December 1909.{{London Gazette|issue=28500|date=2 June 1911|page=4186}} Whilst in British India, Green-Armytage made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees in the 1911–12 Bombay Presidency Match, and the Hindus in the 1913–14 Bombay Presidency Match.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13564/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Paul Green-Armytage|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 November 2023|url-access=subscription}} He scored 32 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 19.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13564/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Paul Green-Armytage|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}

Green-Armytage served in the First World War, gaining the temporary rank of major in its second year.{{London Gazette|issue=29828|date=17 November 1916|page=11168}} He gained the full rank in April 1917.{{London Gazette|issue=30011|date=6 April 1917|page=3338}} Following the war, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in May 1922,{{London Gazette|issue=32796|date=16 February 1923|page=1158}} before retiring from active service in April 1928.{{London Gazette|issue=33385|date=18 May 1928|page=3507}} Green-Armytage died at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1971. He was married to Gwendoline May Parks-Smith, the couple having married in July 1914. His younger brother was the gynaecologist Vivian Green-Armytage.