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Hugh Michael Sells (23 March 1922 – 17 January 1978) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.

Sells was born in Westcliff-on-Sea and was educated at Malvern College. He was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a pilot officer in November 1943. He was promoted to the war substantive rank of flying officer in June 1944. Shortly after the conclusion of the war, he was promoted to the war substantive rank of flight lieutenant in November 1945. He played first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force cricket team against Worcestershire at Worcester in 1946. Batting twice in the match as an opening batsman, he was dismissed for 26 runs in the Royal Air Force first-innings by Roly Jenkins, while in their second-innings, he was dismissed for 20 runs by Leonard Oakley.

After the leaving the Royal Air Force, he later worked as a field manager for British Oxygen Gases. Sells died at Chelsea in January 1978.

References

1. "Player profile: Hugh Sells". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
2. "No. 36314". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 90.
3. "No. 36314". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 90.
4. "No. 37377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 December 1945. p. 5941.
5. "First-Class Matches played by Hugh Sells". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
6. "Worcestershire v Royal Air Force, 1946". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
7. Iron and Steel International. Vol. 30th volume. IPC Science and Technology Press. 1957. p. 80.

External links

• Hugh Sells at ESPNcricinfo

• 1922 births
• 1978 deaths
• People from Westcliff-on-Sea
• People educated at Malvern College
• Royal Air Force officers
• Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
• English cricketers
• Royal Air Force cricketers
• Military personnel from Southend-on-Sea
• Cricketers from Essex
• 20th-century English sportsmen