Rex Yeatman
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Full name | Rex Herbert Yeatman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Richmond, Surrey, England | 4 October 1919||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 January 1995 Chichester, Sussex, England | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1946 | Combined Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1946–1947 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First class debut | 29 June 1946 Combined Services v Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First class | 14 June 1947 Surrey v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 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]
- Rex Yeatman at ESPNcricinfo
- Rex Yeatman at CricketArchive (subscription required)