Ronald Binny

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Personal information
Full nameRonald Alexander William Binny
Born20 January 1910
Formby, Lancashire, England
Died24 May 1979(1979-05-24) (aged 69)
Barnstaple, Devon, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1940/41Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 15
Batting average 5.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 9
Balls bowled 78
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 November 2023

Ronald Alexander William Binny (20 November 1910 – 24 May 1979) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Indian Army, and later the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. For much of his life, his first given name was Ranald.

Life[edit | edit source]

Binny was born prematurely at Formby in November 1910.[1] He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury,[2] before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Binny graduated from there onto the unattached list of the British Indian Army as a second lieutenant in January 1930.[3] Promotion to lieutenant followed in April 1932,[4] with promotion to captain in August 1938.[5]

Binny fought in the Second World War with the 9th Jat Regiment.[6] From 1942 to 1945 he served with V Force;[7] when in September 1944 Bernard Charles Hamilton Gerty was posted to the 2nd Infantry Division, Binny took over command from him, as Lieutenant-Colonel.[8]

Following the war, Binny was promoted to major in January 1947,[9] before retiring in August of the following year and being granted the rank of colonel.[10] From 1947 to 1954 he was the manager of Dean Park Cricket Ground, and from 1950 he also acted as General Secretary of Hampshire Cricket Club.[11][12][13] He joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as a flight lieutenant in Aircraft Control Branch in March 1949.[14] He was transferred to the Fighter Control Branch in July of the same year,[15] before joining the reserve in March 1954.[16] Binny died at Barnstaple in May 1979.

Cricket[edit | edit source]

Binny made his debut in first-class cricket in India for the Roshanara Club against the Viceroy's XI at Delhi in February 1932.[17] He made a second appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against The Rest at Bombay in the final of the 1940–41 Bombay Pentangular.[17] In two first-class appearances, Binny scored 15 runs with a highest score of 9, whilst going wicketless from thirteen overs.[18]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Crisp, Frederick Arthur, ed. (1921). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 21. London: Privately printed. p. 72.
  2. ↑ King's School, Canterbury: Register 1859-1931. Canterbury: O.K.S. Association. 1932.
  3. ↑ "No. 33575". The London Gazette. 31 January 1930. p. 652.
  4. ↑ "No. 33832". The London Gazette. 30 April 1932. p. 3591.
  5. ↑ "No. 34608". The London Gazette. 17 March 1939. p. 1851.
  6. ↑ "No. 37184". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 July 1945. p. 3755.
  7. ↑ "Private Papers of Colonel R A W Binny". Imperial War Museums.
  8. ↑ Hailes, Walter Leslie (1967). The Jat Regiment: A History of the Regiment, 1803-1947. Jat Regimental Centre. p. 304.
  9. ↑ "No. 37956". The London Gazette. 16 May 1947. p. 2194.
  10. ↑ "No. 38372". The London Gazette. 3 August 1948. p. 4379.
  11. ↑ "Dean Park's New Manager". Bournemouth Times and Directory. 5 December 1947. p. 7.
  12. ↑ "Col. Binny Resigns". Portsmouth Evening News. 1 December 1954. p. 14.
  13. ↑ "Bournemouth in 1950". Bournemouth Times and Directory. 29 December 1950. p. 5.
  14. ↑ "No. 38643". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 June 1949. p. 3043.
  15. ↑ "No. 39055". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 October 1950. p. 5430.
  16. ↑ "No. 40169". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 May 1954. p. 2769.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "First-Class Matches played by Ronald Binny". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Player profile: Ronald Binny". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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