Rex Yeatman
CountryEngland
FullnameRex Herbert Yeatman
Birth date4 October 1919
Birth placeRichmond, Surrey, England
Death date5 January 1995 (aged 75)
Death placeChichester, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Club 1Combined Services
Year 11946
Club 2Surrey
Year 21946–1947
Type 1FC
Debutdate 129 June
Debutyear 11946
Debutfor 1Combined Services
Debutagainst 1Northamptonshire
Lastdate 114 June
Lastyear 11947
Lastfor 1Surrey
Lastagainst 1Cambridge University
Columns1
Column 1First-class
Matches 16
Runs 153
Bat avg 16.62
100s/50s 10/0
Top score 121
Deliveries 142
Wickets 10
Bowl avg 1
Fivefor 1
Tenfor 1
Best bowling 1
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Date17 October
Year2009
Sourcehttps://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34147/34147.html CricketArchive

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

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

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Rex Yeatman". CricInfo. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  2. ^ "Teams played for by Rex Yeatman". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Rex Yeatman". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  4. ^ "Northamptonshire v Combined Services – Other First-Class matches in England 1946". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  5. ^ "Somerset v Surrey – County Championship 1946". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  6. ^ "Surrey v Hampshire – Other First-Class matches in England 1946". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  7. ^ "Surrey v Combined Services – Other First-Class matches in England 1946". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  8. ^ "Surrey v Cambridge University – University Match 1947". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-10-17.