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	\| birth_place = [[Ambala\|Umbala]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]		\| birth_place = [[Ambala\|Umbala]], [[Haryana]], [[British Raj\|British India]]
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1920\|12\|10\|1880\|5\|6\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1920\|12\|10\|1880\|5\|6\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[Bray, County Wicklow\|Bray]], [[County Wicklow]], [[Ireland]]		\| death_place = [[Bray, County Wicklow\|Bray]], [[County Wicklow]], [[Ireland]]
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	==Cricket career==		==Cricket career==
	Montgomery played [[first-class cricket\|first-class]] [[cricket]] for [[Somerset County Cricket Club]] between 1901 and 1909.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3722/3722.html\| title = Hugh Montgomery \|publisher = ~~www.cricketarchive.com~~ \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> He also played a few matches for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] and one each for the [[Royal Navy cricket team]] and a "Gentlemen of England" team; he played in other non-first-class matches for both MCC and the Navy sides.		Montgomery played [[first-class cricket\|first-class]] [[cricket]] for [[Somerset County Cricket Club]] between 1901 and 1909.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3722/3722.html\| title = Hugh Montgomery \|publisher = CricketArchive \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> He also played a few matches for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] and one each for the [[Royal Navy cricket team]] and a "Gentlemen of England" team; he played in other non-first-class matches for both MCC and the Navy sides.

	Montgomery was a middle-order right-handed batsman and an occasional bowler whose bowling style is not known. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] where he played in the annual match at [[Lord's]] against [[Rugby School]] in both 1897 and 1898.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3722/Other_matches.html\| title = Other Matches played by Hugh Montgomery\| publisher = ~~www.cricketarchive.com~~\| accessdate = 2011-01-25\| archive-date = 7 November 2012\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121107021849/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3722/Other_matches.html\| url-status = dead}}</ref> He made his first-class debut in two matches for Somerset in 1901. In the first, against the [[South African cricket team in England in 1901\|South Africans]] he made 1 and 0.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5684.html \| title = Scorecard: Somerset v South Africans \| date = 1901-06-13 \|publisher = ~~www.cricketarchive.com~~ \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> He did marginally better a few weeks later with scores of 7 and 8 in the match against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5714.html \| title = Scorecard: Gloucestershire v Somerset \| date = 1901-07-01 \|publisher = ~~www.cricketarchive.com~~ \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> He then made irregular appearances for Somerset until 1909, playing more than a couple of matches only in the 1904 season. In this year he made his only score of 50, reaching that exact score when opening the second innings as Somerset lost heavily to [[Sussex County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6442.html \| title = Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset \| date = 1904-05-26 \|publisher = ~~www.cricketarchive.com~~ \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> It was in 1904 as well that he took his only first-class wickets, five in all, with a best return of two for 17 against [[Hampshire County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6531.html \| title = Scorecard: Somerset v Hampshire \| date = 1904-07-14 \|publisher = ~~www.cricketarchive.com~~ \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref>		Montgomery was a middle-order right-handed batsman and an occasional bowler whose bowling style is not known. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] where he played in the annual match at [[Lord's]] against [[Rugby School]] in both 1897 and 1898.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3722/Other_matches.html\| title = Other Matches played by Hugh Montgomery\| publisher = CricketArchive\| accessdate = 2011-01-25\| archive-date = 7 November 2012\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121107021849/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3722/Other_matches.html\| url-status = dead}}</ref> He made his first-class debut in two matches for Somerset in 1901. In the first, against the [[South African cricket team in England in 1901\|South Africans]] he made 1 and 0.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5684.html \| title = Scorecard: Somerset v South Africans \| date = 1901-06-13 \|publisher = CricketArchive \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> He did marginally better a few weeks later with scores of 7 and 8 in the match against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5714.html \| title = Scorecard: Gloucestershire v Somerset \| date = 1901-07-01 \|publisher = CricketArchive \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> He then made irregular appearances for Somerset until 1909, playing more than a couple of matches only in the 1904 season. In this year he made his only score of 50, reaching that exact score when opening the second innings as Somerset lost heavily to [[Sussex County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6442.html \| title = Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset \| date = 1904-05-26 \|publisher = CricketArchive \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> It was in 1904 as well that he took his only first-class wickets, five in all, with a best return of two for 17 against [[Hampshire County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6531.html \| title = Scorecard: Somerset v Hampshire \| date = 1904-07-14 \|publisher = CricketArchive \| accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref>

	As well as playing odd games for Somerset, he also appeared in most seasons in a couple of matches for MCC, though none of these matches were first-class until 1907. Similarly, he played for the Royal Navy cricket team against the [[British Army cricket team]] from 1908, but the only first-class match in this series he played in was his last first-class match in 1912.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8684.html \| title = Scorecard: Army v Royal Navy \| date = 1912-05-30 \|publisher = ~~www.cricketarchive.com~~ \| accessdate = 2011-01-27}}</ref>		As well as playing odd games for Somerset, he also appeared in most seasons in a couple of matches for MCC, though none of these matches were first-class until 1907. Similarly, he played for the Royal Navy cricket team against the [[British Army cricket team]] from 1908, but the only first-class match in this series he played in was his last first-class match in 1912.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8684.html \| title = Scorecard: Army v Royal Navy \| date = 1912-05-30 \|publisher = CricketArchive \| accessdate = 2011-01-27}}</ref>

	==Military career==		==Military career==
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Hugh Montgomery
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| country = England
| fullname = Hugh Ferguson Montgomery
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| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|5|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ambala|Umbala]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1920|12|10|1880|5|6|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], [[County Wicklow]], [[Ireland]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Unknown
| role = Batsman
| family =
| club1 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| year1 = 1901–09
| club2 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC)
| year2 = 1907–1908
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| debutdate1 = 13 June
| debutyear1 = 1901
| debutfor1 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| debutagainst1 = [[South African cricket team in England in 1901|South Africans]]
| lastdate1 = 31 May
| lastyear1 = 1912
| lastfor1 = [[Royal Navy cricket team|Royal Navy]]
| lastagainst1 = [[British Army cricket team|The Army]]
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 17
| runs1 = 416
| bat avg1 = 13.86
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 50
| deliveries1 = 456
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 53.40
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/17
| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–
| date = 28 January
| year = 2011
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3722/3722.html CricketArchive
}}
[[Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''Hugh Ferguson Montgomery''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG|DSO}} (6 May 1880 – 10 December 1920) was a British first-class cricketer and [[Royal Marine Light Infantry]] officer. Montgomery was born in India and was a cousin of [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Field Marshal Montgomery]]. He died as a result of wounds he sustained in the [[Bloody Sunday (1920)|Bloody Sunday]] assassination of high-ranking British intelligence officers by the [[Irish Republican Army]] in the [[Irish War of Independence]].

==Cricket career==
Montgomery played [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]] for [[Somerset County Cricket Club]] between 1901 and 1909.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3722/3722.html| title = Hugh Montgomery |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> He also played a few matches for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] and one each for the [[Royal Navy cricket team]] and a "Gentlemen of England" team; he played in other non-first-class matches for both MCC and the Navy sides.

Montgomery was a middle-order right-handed batsman and an occasional bowler whose bowling style is not known. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] where he played in the annual match at [[Lord's]] against [[Rugby School]] in both 1897 and 1898.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3722/Other_matches.html| title = Other Matches played by Hugh Montgomery| publisher = www.cricketarchive.com| accessdate = 2011-01-25| archive-date = 7 November 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121107021849/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3722/Other_matches.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> He made his first-class debut in two matches for Somerset in 1901. In the first, against the [[South African cricket team in England in 1901|South Africans]] he made 1 and 0.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5684.html | title = Scorecard: Somerset v South Africans | date = 1901-06-13 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> He did marginally better a few weeks later with scores of 7 and 8 in the match against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5714.html | title = Scorecard: Gloucestershire v Somerset | date = 1901-07-01 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> He then made irregular appearances for Somerset until 1909, playing more than a couple of matches only in the 1904 season. In this year he made his only score of 50, reaching that exact score when opening the second innings as Somerset lost heavily to [[Sussex County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6442.html | title = Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset | date = 1904-05-26 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref> It was in 1904 as well that he took his only first-class wickets, five in all, with a best return of two for 17 against [[Hampshire County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6531.html | title = Scorecard: Somerset v Hampshire | date = 1904-07-14 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-01-25}}</ref>

As well as playing odd games for Somerset, he also appeared in most seasons in a couple of matches for MCC, though none of these matches were first-class until 1907. Similarly, he played for the Royal Navy cricket team against the [[British Army cricket team]] from 1908, but the only first-class match in this series he played in was his last first-class match in 1912.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8684.html | title = Scorecard: Army v Royal Navy | date = 1912-05-30 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-01-27}}</ref>

==Military career==
Montgomery served with the [[Royal Navy]] but by 1916 during the [[World War I|First World War]] he was seconded to the General Staff as a brevet Major serving in the [[Royal Marine Light Infantry]] at the Admiralty.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29618 |date=1916-06-09 |page=5741 }}</ref> In 1917 he was promoted to be a temporary lieutenant-colonel and the citation in the [[London Gazette]] records that he has by this time been awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] medal.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30411 |date=1917-11-30 |supp=y |page=12650 }}</ref> His Commonwealth War Graves Commission citation says that he was mentioned in despatches six times.<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75200175 Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry]</ref>

==Death==
In 1920, Montgomery was seconded to the [[British Army]] [[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]] in Dublin during the [[Irish War of Independence]]. He was part of the [[Cairo Gang]], a group of British [[spymaster]]s whose deaths were ordered by [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] as part of [[Bloody Sunday (1920)|Bloody Sunday]]. On 21 November 1920, Collins' [[The Squad (IRA unit)|Twelve Apostles]] entered Montgomery's lodgings at 28 Pembroke Street and shot him. Montgomery died of his wounds almost three weeks later. He was buried with full military honours at [[Brompton Cemetery]].

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