Donald Weekes
{{Short description|English cricketer (1930–2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| country = England
| fullname = Donald James Weekes
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|5|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Horsham, Sussex, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|9|24|1930|5|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bromley, London, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast
| role =
| family = Everton Weekes (uncle)
Leonard Bates (father-in-law)
| club1 = Sussex
| year1 = 1952
| clubnumber1 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 0
| bat avg1 = 0.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 0
| deliveries1 = 36
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 27 November
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22829.html Cricinfo
}}
Donald James Weekes (8 May 1930 – 24 September 2013) was an English cricketer. Weekes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Horsham, Sussex.
Weekes made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Oxford University at University Parks, Oxford in 1952.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33715/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Donald Weekes|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 November 2011}} In a drawn match, he bowled a total of six wicketless overs, while in his only batting innings he was dismissed for a duck by Henry Joynt.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20196.html|title=Oxford University v Sussex, 1952|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 November 2011}} This was his only major appearance for Sussex.
His uncle was the West Indian Test cricketer Sir Everton Weekes, while his father-in-law, Leonard Bates, played first-class cricket for Warwickshire.
Donald Weekes died in Bromley, London on 24 September 2013, at the age of 83.{{cite web |title=Donald Weekes |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33715/33715.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=30 December 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22829.html Donald Weekes] at ESPNcricinfo
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Category:Sportspeople from Horsham
Category:English people of Barbadian descent
Category:Sportspeople of Barbadian descent
Category:Cricketers from West Sussex
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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