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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Robert Phayre<br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Robert Arthur Phayre<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|1|4|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Maidenhead]], [[Berkshire]], England<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|12|31|1901|1|4|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Camberley]], [[Surrey]], England<br />
| date = 15 December<br />
| year = 2007<br />
| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14309/14309.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
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Brigadier '''Robert Arthur Phayre''' [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (4 January 1901 – 31 December 1993)<ref>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/32458.html Cricinfo profile]</ref> was a British soldier and [[cricket]]er.<ref name="WisObit">[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]] 1995, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/236517.html Obituaries in 1994]</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
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After playing [[Minor counties of English cricket|Minor counties cricket]] for [[Oxfordshire County Cricket Club|Oxfordshire]] in 1922 and 1923<ref name="MinC">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14309/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship matches played by Robert Phayre] at CricketArchive</ref> he began to serve in the Army, playing cricket whilst stationed overseas. In 1924, he played for the [[Straits Settlements cricket team|Straits Settlements]] against the [[Federated Malay States cricket team|Federated Malay States]] and for [[Malaya cricket team|Malaya]] against [[Shanghai cricket team|Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong cricket team|Hong Kong]],<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14309/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Robert Phayre] at CricketArchive</ref> and in 1929, played two [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches in [[India]].<ref name="WisObit" /><br />
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His cricket career ended in 1930 with two final matches for Oxfordshire<ref name="MinC" /> and he served in [[World War II]], during which he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his part in the [[Normandy Landings|D-Day landings]].<ref name="WisObit" /><br />
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In 1973, he was appointed a Knight of the [[Knights Hospitaller|order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem]]<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The London Gazette|date=13 September 1973|issue=46073 |title=State Intelligence |page=1 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46075/page/10893/data.pdf|accessdate=6 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
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He was the son of Major-General Sir Arthur Phayre (1856–1940), a nephew of Lt-General [[Arthur Purves Phayre]] - and Catherine Mary née Anderson (1868–1917).<br />
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[[Category:Straits Settlements cricketers]]<br />
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