Samuel Hulme Day (29 December 1878 – 21 February 1950), known as Sammy Day, was an amateur sportsman who played

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

for Kent County Cricket Club and

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for

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He made three international appearances for the

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as an

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Early life

Day was born in

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in Southwark, the son of Sydney and Evelyn Day. His father was a wine merchant.Lewis P (2014) ''For Kent and Country'', pp.143–144. Brighton: Reveille Press. Day attended Shirley House School in Blackheath and Malvern College before going up to Queens' College, Cambridge.Venn J, Venn JA (1954) ''Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900 vol.2, pt.2'', p.260. Cambridge:

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Available online
Retrieved 2017-05-29.) He was the older brother of Sydney and Arthur Day, both of whom also played first-class cricket for Kent.

Cricket career

Day was captain of the Malvern College cricket team in 1897 and 1898. He made his

debut for Kent County Cricket Club whilst still at school, scoring a century in his first match against

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at Cheltenham, an achievement his

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obituary describes as "a unique feat".Day, Mr Samuel Hulme - Obituaries in 1950
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'', 1951. Retrieved 2016-04-07. He continued playing for Kent whilst at

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where he attended

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, graduating in 1902. Day played 32 times for

, captaining the side in 1901. He played in four Varsity matches, scoring 117 not out in 1902, and was awarded his cricket

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in his first year. He scored a total of 1,631 runs for the university, hitting two centuries.First-class batting and fielding for each team by Sam Day
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-07. Described as a "stylish batsman", especially on the off-side, Day played 128 times for Kent between 1897 and 1919, scoring 5,893 runs. He played regularly for the side in most seasons until the start of the

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, although he made just one appearance for the county in Kent's first

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winning season of

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and again in 1910 and not at all in the 1913 Championship winning season.First-class matches played by Sam Day
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-07. He scored more than 1,000 runs in 1899 and 1901 and averaged 31.34 runs per innings for the county. He played one first-class match in 1919, appearing in the 1919 County Championship against Hampshire County Cricket Club at Dean Park.

Football career

Day was an inside forward and played once for

in 1901, although he also captained the

side. He went on to play amateur football for Old Malvernians and made 108 appearances for

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between 1898 and 1914, scoring 117 goals for the side.Player profiles - Samuel Hulme Day
Corinthian Casuals F.C. Retrieved 2016-04-07. Day scored 68 of his goals on tour for Corinthians, including nine goals against All New York and seven against Cincinnati on the Corinthian 1906 tour of Canada and the United States. He was described as an "excellent inside-forward" and was selected to play for

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in the 1905–06 British Home Championship. He made three appearances for England, all in 1906, scoring two goals.Samuel Hulme Day
englandstats.com. Retrieved 2016-05-07. He also made six appearances for the England amateur team which was established in 1906. Day played in the side's first match against France at Parc des Princes in Paris in November 1906, scoring twice.The First England Amateur International Match
England's Amateurs, 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2016-04-07.

Later life

Day became a school teacher after leaving university. He was an assistant master at

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between 1903 and 1913 before moving to be the headmaster of Heatherdown preparatory school in Berkshire. His son,

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, was a teacher at Charterhouse School, coaching the school cricket team. He played once for

in 1953.Anthony Day
CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-05-29. Day died at

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in Surrey in 1950 aged 71.Sammy Day
CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-05-29.

References

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