Thomas Hart (sportsman)
Thomas Mure Hart, CMG was a Scottish cricketer and rugby union player. He played twice for the Scotland national rugby union team and twice for the Scotland national cricket team as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. Hart served as the Financial Secretary to Singapore between 1954 and 1959.Biography
Born in Glasgow in 1909, Hart was educated at Glasgow Academy, Strathallan School, Glasgow University and Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1930, he played twice for Scotland in the Five Nations against Wales and Ireland at centre. Scotland beating Wales 12–9 at Murrayfield on 1 February and losing 14–11 to Ireland at Murrayfield on 22 February.
Whilst attending Oxford University, Hart played for the university cricket team, playing ten first-class matches in 1931 and 1932, gaining his blue in both years. He made his debut for Scotland in 1933, playing against Ireland. He played a second match against Australia the following year. Both matches were first-class.
Hart entered the Colonial Service in 1933 and was seconded to the Colonial Office between 1933 and 1936. He joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1936. Hart played two matches for the Malaya cricket team, drawing with Sir Julien Cahn's XI in 1937 and losing to the Ceylonese cricket team in 1938. He also played three matches for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements between 1937 and 1939. During the Second World War he was captured in Malaya and served as a civilian detainee.
In 1953 he was appointed Director of Commerce and Industry in Singapore and in 1954 he was appointed the Financial Secretary to Singapore.Awards
Appointed a Companion of St Michael and St George, 1957.
