Patrick Martin Hall MC (14 March 1894 — 5 August 1941) was an English first-class cricketer, soldier, and botanist.
Following the war, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Hampshire, in addition to becoming a respected botanist.
[4] In October 1917, he was made both an acting captain and major,[5] ranks he relinquished in February 1918 when he ceased to be employed as second-in-command of a battery.
[12] In the 1919 summer break from Oxford, Hall made two first-class appearances for Hampshire in the County Championship.
His interest in botany first began when he was at Winchester College, when he picked violets and submitted them to the British authority on the group.