Rex Yeatman
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| Full name | Rex Herbert Yeatman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1919 Richmond, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 January 1995 (aged 75) Chichester, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1946 | Combined Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 29 June 1946 Combined Services v Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 14 June 1947 Surrey v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 October 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rex Herbert Yeatman (4 October 1919 – 5 January 1995) was an English cricketer who had a brief first class cricket career for the Surrey First XI between 1946 and 1947, amid a long career for the Surrey Second XI between 1939 and 1952. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler, Yeatman made only 53 first class runs at 6.62 with a best of 21 from his six-match career, and bowled 42 wicket-less deliveries.[1] He also served in the British Army during the Second World War, and played for their services cricket team in 1946.[2]
Career
[edit]Born in Kew, near Richmond, Surrey, Yeatman played two matches for the Surrey Second XI against Kent and Gloucestershire Second XIs on 27 May and 9 June 1939.[3] Following service in the Army, Yeatman appeared in his first two first class matches in 1946 – against Northamptonshire while playing for the Combined Services on 29 June, followed by a match against the Combined Services while playing for Surrey on 17 July. He made a duck on debut and did not bowl.[4] He made 19 against Somerset on 17 August,[5] followed by four against Hampshire,[6] his career-best 21 against Combined Services on 4 September,[7] and finally a duck and four not out in his final match against Cambridge University on 14 June 1947.[8] He made five subsequent Second XI appearances through to June 1952, whereupon his career ended.[3] He died in Chichester, Sussex, in 1995.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Rex Yeatman". CricInfo. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Teams played for by Rex Yeatman". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Rex Yeatman". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Northamptonshire v Combined Services – Other First-Class matches in England 1946". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Somerset v Surrey – County Championship 1946". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Surrey v Hampshire – Other First-Class matches in England 1946". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Surrey v Combined Services – Other First-Class matches in England 1946". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Surrey v Cambridge University – University Match 1947". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
External links
[edit]- 1919 births
- 1995 deaths
- Surrey cricketers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Combined Services cricketers
- Cricketers from Chichester
- British Army soldiers
- Military personnel from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
- Cricketers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
- People from Richmond, London