Michael Yeabsley

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Michael Yeabsley | image = | country = England | fullname = Michael Ian Yeabsley | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|8|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = St Albans, Hertfordshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | family = {{ubl|Doug Yeabsley (father)|Richard Yeabsley (brother)}} | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1995 | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 27 April | debutyear1 = 1995 | debutfor1 = Cambridge Univ. | debutagainst1 = Nottinghamshire | lastdate1 = 9 June | lastyear1 = 1995 | lastfor1 = Cambridge Univ. | lastagainst1 = Middlesex | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 2 | bat avg1 = 0.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 2 | deliveries1 = 108 | wickets1 = 2 | bowl avg1 = 42.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/28 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | date = 10 December | year = 2008 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17829/17829.html CricketArchive }} '''Michael Ian Yeabsley''' (born 1972) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Son of former Devon player, Doug Yeabsley, and brother of fellow first-class player Richard, Yeabsley was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and then Durham University (1991–1994), where he studied Geography and represented Durham University RFC.<ref name="morrish">{{cite journal |last1=Morrish |first1=M |title=Michael Yeabsley |journal=HaberAske Skylark |date=2008 |page=125 |url=https://issuu.com/bainespsa/docs/a31822_haberaske_skylark_2008/120 |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Moyes |first1=Arthur |title=Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport in Hatfield College, Durham University |date=2007 |publisher=Hatfield Trust |location=Durham |page=155}}</ref> He undertook his PGCE at Cambridge University as a member of Queens' College, and trained under Rex Walford.<ref name=morrish />

During his brief cricket career, he was an off-break bowler. At Cambridge, he represented the university cricket club, playing just two first-class matches (both in 1995), taking two wickets at a cost of 42 runs each. After university, he became a teacher, and was appointed Head of Geography and, initially, Master in Charge of Cricket at Aldenham School in 2008.<ref name=morrish /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aldenham.com/award-for-leading-all-rounder-in-schools-cricket/|website=Aldenham School|title=Prestigious Award for leading All-Rounder in Schools' Cricket|date=7 May 2016 }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=23542}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/life-at-queens/sports/queens-college-cricket-club/past-cricket-internationals-blues |title=Past Cricket Internationals & Blues |date=4 February 2025 |publisher=Queens' College, Cambridge}}

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