| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Richard Cox Hales |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1817 |
| Birth Place: | Dinapore, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Death Place: | Hove, Sussex, England |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1840 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 1 |
| Bat Avg1: | 1.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 1 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 5 May |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15175.html Cricinfo |
Richard Cox Hales (29 September 1817; Dinapore – 25 April 1906; Hove) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of James Hales of the Bengal Army, he was born in British India at Dinapore in September 1817. He later studied in England as a scholar at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge in 1838, before furthering his studies at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1840.[2] Batting twice in the match, he ended the Oxford first innings unbeaten on a single run, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by Frederick Thackeray.[3]
After graduating from Oxford, Hales took holy orders in the Church of England. His first ecclesiastical post was as rector of Carfax, Oxford from 1850, where he was also a lecturer at St. Martin's Carfax.[1] He became the rector of Woodmancote, Sussex in 1860.[4]