Hugh Stainton Poyntz DSO OBE (17 September 1877 – 22 June 1955) was a career soldier who played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1904 and 1921.
His father was a major in the Royal Marines Light Infantry who later became the Chief Constable of Essex.
[4] By the time of the First World War, Poyntz was already a major and he was promoted to be a temporary lieutenant-colonel in November 1915.
[9] Poyntz played a few first-class cricket matches for Somerset in each season from 1904 to 1910 as a middle- or lower-order batsman.
In his third match in 1904, against Kent at Beckenham, he top-scored in both Somerset innings with 85 in the first and 48 in the second: the 85 would remain his highest first-class score.