| Born | Hugh James Orr 21 January 1878 Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 16 May 1946 (aged 68) Wandsworth, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh James Orr (21 January 1878 —19 April 1946) was an Australian-born Scottish first-class cricketer,rugby union player and Royal Navy officer.
Orr was born in January 1878 at Deniliquin,New South Wales. He was educated privately at Sydney,before immigrating to the United Kingdom. [1] Once there,he joined the Royal Navy and was commissioned as an acting sub-lieutenant in April 1898,before being confirmed in the rank in June 1899. [2] In November 1899,he was promoted to lieutenant. [3] A talented sportsman,Orr played first-class cricket and rugby union. In rugby union,he played as a centre. He was capped by the Anglo-Scots in 1902 against the South of Scotland District. [4] He played for the Anglo-Scots in the same fixture in the 1903 season,scoring a try. [5] He was also capped by Scotland,making five Test appearances from 1903 to 1904,and was a member of the Scottish team which won the 1903 Home Nations Championship,and played for Scotland in the following season's 1904 Home Nations Championship,which they also won. [6]
As a cricketer,he played first-class cricket for Hampshire,making his debut against Gloucestershire at Portsmouth in the 1902 County Championship. Orr played a further match in 1902,before his next appearance in 1907,with him making four appearances in that seasons County Championship. [7] Playing in the Hampshire team as a bowler,he took 11 wickets at an average of 32.72,with best figures of 3 for 34. [8] He later played in a single first-class match for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's, [7] taking figures of 7 for 74 in the Army second innings,having taken a single wicket in their first innings. [9] Orr retired from the navy at his own request in May 1912. [10] Orr was friends with Robert Falcon Scott,who attempted to persuade him to accompany him on his Antarctic expeditions;however,Orr was dissuaded from doing so by his wife. [11] He returned to active service during the First World War,during which he held the rank of lieutenant commander. He was appointed a commander in January 1918. [12] Orr died in England at Wandsworth in April 1946.