Alexander Mayes (cricketer)
Dr Alexander Mayes and Mrs Mayes, 1934
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| Full name | Alexander Dunbar Aitken Mayes |
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24 July 1901 Toowoomba, Australia |
| Died | 8 February 1983 (aged 81) Brisbane, Australia |
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 January 2017
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Alexander Dunbar Aitken Mayes (24 July 1901 – 8 February 1983) was an Australian medical practitioner and cricketer. He played ten first-class matches for New South Wales and Queensland between 1924/25 and 1927/28.
Mayes is the son of Alexander Mayes, a mayor of Toowoomba, and his second wife Helena Agnes (née Grieve). He attended Toowoomba Grammar School. He married Thora MacPherson on 28 March 1928 at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Creek Street, Brisbane.
Mayes was a bowler with the University of Sydney team for several seasons and was selected to represent New South Wales in 1924. He also later represented Queensland. A right-hand batsman, and right-hand medium bowler, in total he played 10 first-class matches between the 1924/25 season and the 1927/28 season. He scored 297 runs at an average of 19.80 with the bat and took 21 wickets at 44.21 with the ball. He was a member of the Queensland XI in the Sheffield Shield competition in 1926.
During World War II, Mayes served in the Army. Initially, he served as a lieutenant and then captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps as part of the Australian Military Forces, and was assigned to various units including the 7th Field Ambulance. In July 1940, he volunteered for overseas service with the Second Australian Imperial Force, and was subsequently assigned to the 2/25th Infantry Battalion, serving with them in the Middle East. He was promoted to the rank of major in 1942. In 1945, he was posted to 112 Military Hospital in Brisbane, and he was discharged from the 2nd AIF in early 1946, but remained active in the reserves, eventually retiring in 1957 with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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