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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1913–2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Harold Percival Hall
| birth_date = 9 September 1913
| birth_place = [[Murree]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|10|20|1913|9|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bournemouth]], [[Dorset]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1940/41
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 25
| bat avg1 = 25.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 14[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 180
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 41.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/83
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 4 December
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29325.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Harold Percival Hall''' {{postnominal|CMG|MBE}} (9 September 1913 – 20 October 2004) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er, [[British Indian Army]] officer and civil servant.

The son of Major George Charles Hall, he was born in [[British India]] at [[Murree]] in September 1913.<ref>{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage|publisher=[[Kelly's Directories]]|year=1969|page=1449|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Debrett_s_Peerage_Baronetage_Knightage_a/Ul4-AQAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> He was educated in England at [[Portsmouth Grammar School]], before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Malaysia|first=A. J.|last=Stockwell|publisher=Stationery Office|year=2004|page=689|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Malaysia/juXAmf2t1qEC|language=en}}</ref> He graduated from Sandhurst as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the unattached list of the [[British Indian Army]] in August 1933,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33974|date=1 September 1933|page=5734}}</ref> before being appointed to the Indian Army in November 1934.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34135|date=22 February 1935|page=1273}}</ref> Hall was appointed to the 3rd battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment<ref>January 1937 Indian Army List</ref> and later transferred to the [[Indian Political Department|Indian Political Service]] in 1937, staying with the service throughout the [[Second World War]].<ref name="BOOK"/>

During this period Hall played [[first-class cricket]], making a single appearance for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Rest of India cricket team|Rest of India]] at [[Brabourne Stadium|Bombay]] in December 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13595/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Harold Hall|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-12-12|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he ended the Europeans first innings [[not out|unbeaten]] on 14 runs, while [[follow-on|following-on]] in their second innings he was promoted to [[Batting order (cricket)#Opening batsmen|open the batting]] alongside [[Herbert Barritt]], scoring 11 runs before being dismissed by [[Vijay Hazare]]. With his right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium pace]] bowling, he dismissed [[Maurice Cohen (cricketer)|Maurice Cohen]] and [[Sheshil Arolkar]] in the Rest of India's only innings of the match, finishing with figures of 2 for 83 from 30 [[Over (cricket)|overs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17288.html|title=Europeans v The Rest, Bombay Pentangular Tournament 1940/41 (Semi-Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-12-12|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

[[File:Avon Castle DSC 0017.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|alt=Colour photo of Avon Castle, where Hall retired to in later life.|Avon Castle near [[Ringwood, Hampshire|Ringwood]], where Hall retired to in later life.]]
At the time of the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, he had been appointed Viceroy's Agent to [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]].<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/5360257.death-of-man-who-helped-shape-nations/|title=Death of man who helped shape nations|date=2004-11-09|work=[[Dorset Echo]]|accessdate=2021-12-12}}</ref> Prior to his appointment as Viceroy's Agent, Hall had concurrently held the posts of Director of Food Supplies and Deputy Secretary for Revenue for [[Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)|Baluchistan]], for which he recognised by being appointed a [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in the [[1947 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37977|date=6 June 1947|page=2594|supp=y}}</ref> He was appointed by the [[Commonwealth Office]] to [[Kenya Colony]] during the [[Mau Mau Uprising]] in the 1950s, in addition to [[British Mauritius]], where he helped to broker a power-sharing agreement which was later used as a model for power-sharing arrangements in Northern Ireland.<ref name="NEWS"/> Hall was seconded to the [[Reid Commission]] in 1956, which was responsible for drafting the [[Constitution of Malaysia]] prior to [[Federation of Malaya|Malayan]] independence from Britain in 1957.<ref name="BOOK"/> He later chaired the inter-governmental committee of Malaya, [[Crown Colony of North Borneo|North Borneo]] and [[Sarawak]] which led to the formation of [[Malaysia]] in 1963.<ref name="NEWS"/> He additionally served as British Deputy High Commissioner for [[East Malaysia|Eastern Malaysia]] from 1963 to 1964.<ref name="BOOK"/> For his service in Malaysia, Hall was made a Companion of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] in the [[1963 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43010|date=31 May 1963|page=4796|supp=y}}</ref> He left the Commonwealth Office in 1968, becoming an assistant [[Undersecretary#United Kingdom|undersecretary]] of state at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] until 1973. From there he became director of studies at the [[Royal Institute of Public Administration]] from 1974 to 1985.<ref name="BOOK"/>

After retiring, he settled with his wife, Margery, at Avon Castle on the banks of the [[River Avon, Hampshire|River Avon]] in [[Hampshire]]. Hall died at the [[Royal Bournemouth Hospital]] in October 2004. He was survived by his wife and two of their three sons.<ref name="NEWS"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=29325}}

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[[Category:People from Murree]]
[[Category:People educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Political Service officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:English civil servants]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]]

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