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{{short description|Scottish cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Robert Hair
| image =
| country = Scotland
| full_name = Robert Kelso Hair
| birth_date = 13 April 1867
| birth_place = [[Greenock]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|10|3|1867|4|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Berkshire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1895/96
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 0
| bat avg1 = –
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = –
| deliveries1 = 160
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 19.75
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/25
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 28 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/robert-hair-29324 Cricinfo
}}

'''Robert Kelso Hair''' (13 April 1867 – 3 October 1949) was a Scottish first-class [[cricket]]er and banker.

Hair was born at [[Greenock]] in April 1867. He was a banker by profession, with that endeavour taking him to [[British India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003197/18960728/067/0020|title=Announcements|work=Indian Daily News|location=[[Kolkata|Calcutta]]|page=20|date=28 July 1896|access-date=28 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> There, he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the 1895–96 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)#Presidency Match|Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13593/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Robert Hair|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Though he was not required to bat in the match, he did take figures of 4 for 25 in the Parsees first innings, before going wicketless in their second.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4444.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1895/96|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket, Hair also played minor matches for [[Scotland national cricket team|Scotland]] in the 1880s, in addition to playing [[club cricket]] for Greenock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13593/all_teams.html|title=Teams Robert Hair played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Hair later served in the [[First World War]], being commissioned as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]] in October 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29815|date=7 November 1916|page=10749}}</ref> He was made an acting [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30375|date=9 November 1917|page=11640|supp=y}}</ref> which he relinquished in June 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30818|date=26 July 1918|page=8973|supp=y}}</ref> Following the war, he was once again made an acting captain in February 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31306|date=22 April 1919|page=5164|supp=y}}</ref> Hair completed his service in May 1920, being granted the full rank of captain.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32056|date=17 September 1920|page=9357|supp=y}}</ref> Hair died in England at [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] in October 1949.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=29324}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hair, Robert}}
[[Category:1867 births]]
[[Category:1949 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Greenock]]
[[Category:Scottish bankers]]
[[Category:Scottish cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Royal Army Service Corps officers]]

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