Herbert Hake

Herbert Denys Hake (8 November 1894 — 12 April 1975) was an English first-class cricketer and schoolmaster. Hake served in the First World War with the Royal Hampshire Regiment, after which he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Hampshire. As an educator, he taught firstly at Haileybury, before emigrating to Australia to become headmaster at The King's School. In the 1950s, he was Chairman of Conference of the Headmasters' Conference of the Independent Schools of Australia.

Early life and first-class cricket The son of Edwin Denys Hake and his wife, Marianne, he was born in November 1894 at Christchurch, Hampshire. He was educated at Haileybury, where he excelled at sports; he played for the college cricket team (captaining it in his last three years) and partook in athletics, rackets and Eton fives. In his final year, he was also head boy of the college. In December 1914, he was made a temporary lieutenant, later being made a temporary captain in April 1916; he relinquished his temporary commissions in April 1917. He served during the war with the 2nd Battalion in British India and in the Mesopotamian campaign. In 1921, he played four further first-class matches for Cambridge, bringing his final tally of appearances for the university to five. he made three half centuries, with a highest score of 94 against Leicestershire in 1921. prior to his move, he married Elizabeth Cecilia Barton at Clapham, Yorkshire. Hake spent his final years afflicted by lameness and blindness living between Mount Wilson and Glenhaven. Hake died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney on 12 April 1975. He was survived by his wife and three daughters. His uncle, Stanley Toyne, was also a first-class cricketer.