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}}

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