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Lewis Hugh John Dorey MBE (23 October 1901 — 31 July 1958) was an English first-class cricketer and printer.

The son of the printing press owner Henry Vaughan Dorey, he was born at St Albans in October 1901. Dorey was educated at Harrow School, before matriculating to Pembroke College, Oxford. He later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Leicestershire at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in the 1912 County Championship. He batted twice in the match and was dismissed without scoring in both innings, by Ewart Astill and Haydon Smith.

Dorey later took over his father's editorship of the weekly magazine Lawn Tennis and Badminton. By 1939, he was in business as a printer with The Morland Press. During the Second World War, Dorey was a Divisional Officer (Chief Clerk) at the headquarters of the National Fire Service in London. For his service with the Fire Service during the Second World War, he was made an MBE in the 1946 New Year Honours. Dorey died in July 1958 at Belmont, Surrey.

References

1. Stogdon, J. H. (1925). The Harrow School Register, 1845-1929. London: Longmans, Green and Co. p. 349.
2. Oxford University Calendar. London: University of Oxford. 1929. p. 585.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Hugh Dorey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
4. "Leicestershire v Hampshire, County Championship 1925". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
5. "Notices". Newspaper World. No. 2164–2190. 1939. p. 30. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
6. "No. 37412". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1945. p. 292.

External links

• Lewis Dorey at ESPNcricinfo

• 1901 births
• 1958 deaths
• Cricketers from St Albans
• People educated at Harrow School
• Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford
• English cricketers
• Hampshire cricketers
• English printers
• London Fire Brigade personnel
• Members of the Order of the British Empire