1. Cyril Alexander Highett Baily was an English amateur cricketer.
11 Facts About Cyril Baily
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Cyril Baily was a right-handed batsman who played for Glastonbury Cricket Club, and made one first-class appearance for Somerset, in 1902.
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Cyril Baily played club cricket as a batsman for Glastonbury Cricket Club, where he topped the club's batting averages in 1901.
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Cyril Baily made a single first-class appearance for Somerset, during the 1902 season, against Surrey.
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Cyril Baily took two catches in the match and did not bowl.
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Cyril Baily continued to play for Glastonbury until at least 1913.
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Cyril Baily joined the 3rd Volunteer Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry as a second lieutenant in 1900, and the following year was promoted to lieutenant.
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Cyril Baily was promoted again in 1904, to captain, and by 1905 he commanded "C" company of the battalion.
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Cyril Baily married Dora Glass in Clifton in March 1905, at which time he helped run the family business, working as a book-keeper for Messrs A Baily and Co, at the Beckery Leather Factory in Glastonbury.
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Cyril Baily died on 21 September 1924, at the age of 44, in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
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Cyril Baily was survived by his mother, a brother and a sister.