Derrick Bailey
Sir Derrick Thomas Louis Bailey, 3rd Baronet DFC (15 August 1918 – 19 June 2009) was the son of the South African entrepreneur Sir Abe Bailey and of the pioneer aviator Dame Mary Bailey, and won fame for himself as a decorated Second World War pilot, a cricketer and a businessman. He set up the airline Aurigny Air Services in Jersey.
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| Full name | Derrick Thomas Louis Bailey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1918 Marylebone, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 2009 (aged 90) Alderney, Channel Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1949–1952 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 4 June 1949 Gloucestershire v Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 2 September 1952 Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 27 June 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On inheriting his father's baronetcy in 1946 from his elder half-brother, he was known for the last 63 years of his life as Sir Derrick Bailey.
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