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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Hugh Mawdesley Lindley-Jones
| nickname =
| birth_date = 22 June 1920
| birth_place = [[Bromley]], [[Kent]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|8|10|1920|6|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Chislehurst]], Kent, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1942/43
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 3
| bat avg1 = 3.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 3
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 16 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/hugh-lindley-jones-30781 ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Hugh Mawdesley Lindley-Jones''' (22 June 1920 — 10 August 2015) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er.

The son of Francis Lindley-Jones, he was born at [[Bromley]] in June 1920. He was educated at [[Radley College]] until 1938, after which he trained to become a chartered accountant.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Radley College Register 1847–1962|publisher=Radleian Society|year=1947|page=441|url=https://radleyarchives.co.uk/browse/college-registers/register-1847-1962/3021-register-1847-1962-441jpg?|language=en}}</ref> Lindley-Jones served in the [[British Army]] during the [[Second World War]], being commissioned into the [[Royal Artillery]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in April 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35146|date=25 April 1941|page=2430|supp=y}}</ref> He was present during the [[Malayan campaign]], as Japanese forces pushed British forces back to [[Singapore in the Straits Settlements|Singapore]]. In his capacity as a gun control officer, he based at [[Fort Canning Hill#Fortification and military use|Fort Canning]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Singapore at War|first=Roman|last=Bose|publisher=[[Marshall Cavendish]]|year=2012|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRKJAAAAQBAJ|language=en|isbn=9789814435420}}</ref> As the Japanese advanced into Singapore, he came under heavy Japanese artillery bombardment while attempting to retrieve a field gun, while on another occasion he assisted Chinese workers in emptying hundreds of bottles of whiskey to ensure they didn't fall into enemy hands. He was one of the first to learn of the [[Fall of Singapore|Surrender of Singapore]] and decided to disobey orders to surrender by escaping with around a dozen other soldiers. Near the [[Raffles Hotel]], they commandeered a small boat, hoping to sail out to a [[Junk (ship)|junk]]. While attempting to reach the junk, the small boat was holed, necessitating the need to swim the remaining half a mile to the junk; Lindley-Jones was among those who made it to the anchored junk, though others turned back and one man drowned. Once aboard the junk, they started its engine and set sail for [[Sumatra]].<ref name="OBIT">{{cite book |title=The Old Radleian 2016|publisher=Radleian Society|year=2016|page=91|url=https://issuu.com/radleycollege/docs/old_radleian_2016|language=en}}</ref> He served throughout the war in the Royal Artillery, reaching the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]].<ref name="BOOK"/>

While serving in [[British India]], Lindley-Jones made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] in a [[Madras Presidency Match]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in December 1942.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13937/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Hugh Lindley-Jones|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a [[Batting order (cricket)#Middle order|lower-middle order batsman]] in the Europeans side, he was dismissed for 3 runs in their first innings by [[C. R. Rangachari]], while in their second innings he was not required to bat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17367.html|title=Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1942/43|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Following the war, he became a publisher and was a member of the [[Worshipful Company of Turners]].<ref name="OBIT"/> He became Master of the Company in 1965 and was a member of it for 74 years; at the time of his death he was the Father of the company, being succeeded by [[Brian Neill|Sir Brian Neill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://turnersco.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Master-Livery-Dinner-speech-2015.pdf|title=Livery Dinner|publisher=www.turnersco.com|date=2016|access-date=16 November 2022}}</ref> Lindley-Jones died at [[Chislehurst]] in August 2015.<ref name="OBIT"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=30781}}

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