Ronald Anthony Bailey (30 July 1923 – 28 September 1990), born Anthony Ronald Bailey,
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er who served in the

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. He played in three

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matches for

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in 1948.Ronald Bailey

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. Retrieved 5 April 2014 Bailey was born at

Camberwell Camberwell () is a district of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast of Charing Cross. Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant. This e ...

in London in 1923. He served in the Royal Navy and made all three of his first-class appearances for Kent during July 1948. Kent were searching for a replacement for

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, an established fast bowler who had died in the 1947 polio epidemic after the end of the previous season and Bailey, a right-arm bowler, was tried in the team.Moore D (1988) ''The History of Kent County Cricket Club'', pp. 116–118. London: Christopher Helm. He opened the bowling in each of his three matches, but took only two wickets. In his five first-class innings he failed to score a run. He made a single appearance for the county's Second XI in August 1948, taking six wickets, and played several times for the

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between 1948 and 1953. Bailey died in 1990 at

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near

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. He was aged 67.

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* 1923 births 1990 deaths English cricketers Kent cricketers Cricketers from the London Borough of Southwark People from Camberwell Military personnel from the London Borough of Southwark {{England-cricket-bio-1920s-stub