Rex Yeatman

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]

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.

• Rex Yeatman at ESPNcricinfo