Career
Hales was a right-handed batsman who bowled both right-arm medium pace and right-arm off break. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire. Hales made two first-class appearances for Leicestershire in the 1947 County Championship against Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.
In his two first-class appearances, Hales scored a total of 76 runs at an average of 19.00, with his only innings of note, a score of 62, coming against Warwickshire.
With the ball, he bowled a total of ten wicketless overs. He died at the city of his birth on 12 September 1984.
