Army after the war, returning to the RASC. Post-war After the war, except the odd occasion, he wasn't the stroke player that he had been. He served as Billy Griffith's vice captain at Sussex in 1946 and took over the captaincy for the next three seasons. In 1947, he lifted Sussex from bottom to ninth place, but they slipped back to 16th and 14th in the next two years. He scored more than a thousand runs in 1938, 1939 and 1947. Before the 1950 season, he resigned the captaincy following some disputes and returned to stockbroking. Later, he reconciled with the club and served as the President between 1977 and 1979. He collapsed and died while watching Sussex play Yorkshire in a Sunday League match at Hove in 1988. References Notes Sources Alan Ross, Cricket Heroes (1959) David Frith; M.C. Spurrier, Obituaries of HT Bartlett, Wisden Cricket Monthly, August 1988 External links 1st British Airborne Division officers Photo Wisden Cricketer of the Year article 1914 births 1988 deaths People from Balaghat Cambridge University cricketers English cricketers People educated at Dulwich College Surrey cricketers Sussex cricketers Sussex cricket captains Wisden Cricketers of the Year Royal Army Service Corps officers Glider Pilot Regiment officers Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment officers Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Free Foresters cricketers Gentlemen cricketers North v South cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 British Army personnel of World War II H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers Military personnel of British India