Rex Yeatman

Rex Yeatman
Personal information
Full name
Rex Herbert Yeatman
Born(1919-10-04)4 October 1919
Richmond, Surrey, England
Died5 January 1995(1995-01-05) (aged 75)
Chichester, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946Combined Services
1946–1947Surrey
FC debut29 June 1946 Combined Services v Northamptonshire
Last FC14 June 1947 Surrey v Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 53
Batting average 6.62
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 21
Balls bowled 42
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
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

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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

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