Reginald Hammond

{{short description|English cricketer and Royal Navy officer}}

{{about||the New Zealand surveyor and architect|Reginald Bedford Hammond}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Reginald Joseph Leslie Hammond

| birth_date = 16 December 1909

| birth_place = Battersea, London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|1|3|1909|12|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Chichester, Sussex, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Wicket-keeper

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 199

| bat avg1 = 18.09

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 46

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/3

| date = 19 March

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14494.html Cricinfo

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Reginald Joseph Leslie Hammond {{postnominal|OBE}} (16 December 1909 – 3 January 1991) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.

Hammond enlisted in the Royal Navy in August 1930, holding the rank of acting sub-lieutenant. He was promoted from acting sub-lieutenant to sub-lieutenant in July 1931, with seniority antedated to August 1930.{{London Gazette |issue=33741|date=4 August 1931|page=5110}} In March 1932, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.{{London Gazette |issue=33813|date=1 April 1932|page=2141}} Hammond served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, with promotion to the rank of lieutenant commander coming two months into the conflict in November 1939.{{London Gazette |issue=34754|date=15 December 1939|page=8328}} In the later stages of the war, he was promoted to the rank of commander in December 1944.{{London Gazette |issue=36880|date=5 January 1945|page=230}}

Following the war, Hammond made his debut in first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team against Glamorgan at Pontypridd in 1948.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29922/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Reginald Hammond |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-19 |url-access=subscription}} He played first-class cricket for the Combined Services until 1951, making a total of six appearances. Playing as a wicket-keeper, Hammond scored 199 runs at an average of 18.09, with a high score of 46.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29922/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Reginald Hammond |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-19 |url-access=subscription}} Behind the stumps he took six catches and made three stumpings.

Hammond was made an OBE in the 1957 New Year Honours and retired from the navy in December 1959.{{London Gazette |issue=40960|date=28 December 1956|page=6|supp=y}}{{London Gazette |issue=41899|date=18 December 1959|page=8038}} He died at Chichester in January 1991.