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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1900–1974)}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Eric Vaughan Hamilton Hudson
| birth_date = 30 June 1900
| birth_place = Rajpur, [[Bengal Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1974|2|6|1900|6|30}}
| death_place = [[Churston Ferrers]], Devon, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family = [[Reginald Hudson]] (brother)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Hertfordshire County Cricket Club|Hertfordshire]]
| year1 = 1933–1934
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 7
| bat avg1 = 3.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 7
| deliveries1 = 167
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 21.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 3/55
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 7 July
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15019.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Eric Vaughan Hamilton Hudson''' (30 June 1900 – 6 February 1974) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer. Hudson served in the [[Middlesex Regiment]] from 1920–1934, before transferring to the [[Royal Army Education Corps|Army Education Corps]], with whom he served until his retirement in 1959. He also played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[British Army cricket team]].

==Life and military career==
Hudson was born at Rajpur in [[British India]] in June 1900. He was educated at [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College|Haileybury]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Haileybury Register |date=1961 |publisher=Haileybury and Imperial Service College |pages=237 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OIcjAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated from Sandhurst in December 1919, entering as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Middlesex Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31754|date=23 January 1920|page=1086|supp=y}}</ref> He was seconded for service with the [[Royal Air Force]] in November 1922, by which point he held the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32775|date=8 December 1922|page=8717}}</ref> He relinquished the rank of [[flying officer]] when he returned to duty with the Middlesex Regiment in November 1926.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33223|date=23 November 1926|page=7581}}</ref> He made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[British Army cricket team]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) at [[Lord's]] in 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30444/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Eric Hudson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=7 July 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]], he took the wickets of [[Alfred Jeacocke]], [[Tom Jameson]] and [[Bill Bowes]] in the MCC first-innings with figures of 3 for 55, while in their second-innings he took the wicket of [[Sid Pegler]], taking figures of 1 for 31. With the bat, he was dismissed in the Army first-innings by Bowes for 7 runs, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13661.html |title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Army, 1930 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=7 July 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the same year he was seconded as a supervising officer for physical training with the [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33659|date=7 November 1930|page=7057}}</ref> a role he held until October 1933.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33991|date=31 October 1933|page=7037}}</ref> He played [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Hertfordshire County Cricket Club|Hertfordshire]] in 1933 and 1934, making nine appearances in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30444/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Eric Hudson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=7 July 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He was seconded for service with the [[Royal Army Educational Corps|Army Education Corps]] (AEC) in May 1934,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34051|date=18 May 1934|page=3217}}</ref> while in August 1934 he was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34080|date=21 August 1934|page=5345}}</ref> He was serving with the AEC in [[British India]] at the [[Indian Military Academy]] in April 1936,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34291|date=5 June 1936|page=3594}}</ref> vacating this position in March 1939.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34618|date=21 April 1939|page=2667}}</ref> He served in the [[Second World War]] with the AEC, and shortly after its conclusion he was promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in February 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37562|date=10 May 1946|page=2272|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in September 1949,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38725|date=30 September 1949|page=4657|supp=y}}</ref> before promotion to the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in June 1953.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40085|date=26 January 1954|page=625|supp=y}}</ref> He retired from active service in July 1959.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41755|date=30 June 1959|page=4277|supp=y}}</ref> Husdon died in February 1974 at [[Churston Ferrers]], Devon. His brother, [[Reginald Hudson]], also played first-class cricket.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=15019}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson, Eric}}
[[Category:1900 births]]
[[Category:1974 deaths]]
[[Category:People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Middlesex Regiment officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army cricketers]]
[[Category:Hertfordshire cricketers]]
[[Category:Royal Army Educational Corps officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]

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