Harold Hever

Early life and military service Hever was born at Southborough near Tunbridge Wells in Kent in 1895. He was the son of Thomas and Anne Hever (née Shoebridge). He grew up in Southborough, living with his mother after his father died in 1899. A machinist in a print shop by trade, Hever enlisted in 3 Company Kent Fortress Royal Engineers in 1912, a part-time Territorial Force unit based at Southborough.

After war broke out in 1914, Hever served abroad with 3 Company, attached to 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division during the Gallipoli Campaign where he survived the sinking of . He later served on the Western Front in France where the company was attached to the 29th Division. He was promoted to the rank of second corporal before being taken prisoner, along with much of the rest of the company, as the result of a German counterattack during the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917.

Cricket Following the end of the war, Hever had trials with Kent in both 1919 and 1920 before being taken on to the professional playing staff as a left-arm orthodox spin bowler who varied his pace. He appeared twice in the County Championship in 1922 and only once in both of 1924 and 1925, taking a total of nine wickets for Kent in his six first-class matches. Three of these came in a "remarkable" Kent victory against Gloucestershire at Maidstone in 1925 where, according to The Times he "bowled a splendid length".

He played regularly for the Second XI―his Wisden obituary credits his "much good work" ―and played 38 Minor Counties Championship matches between 1921 and 1925. He made his final first-class appearance for HDG Leveson Gower's XI in a match against Glamorgan at Swansea in August 1925, taking six wickets, with three in each innings―including his best first-class bowling figures of 3/57. Despite the paper's optimism that Hever would be a useful addition to Kent's bowling attack "in the near future", Hever died at Pembury near Tunbridge Wells in 1958. He was aged 63.