Rex Yeatman
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Rex Yeatman
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Rex Herbert Yeatman
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|10|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Richmond, Surrey, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|1|5|1919|10|4|df=yes}}
| death_place = Chichester, Sussex, England
| nickname =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role =
| family =
| club1 = Combined Services
| year1 = 1946
| club2 = Surrey
| year2 = {{nowrap|1946–1947}}
| type1 = FC
| debutdate1 = 29 June
| debutyear1 = 1946
| debutfor1 = Combined Services
| debutagainst1 = Northamptonshire
| lastdate1 = 14 June
| lastyear1 = 1947
| lastfor1 = Surrey
| lastagainst1 = Cambridge University
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 53
| bat avg1 = 6.62
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 21
| deliveries1 = 42
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 17 October
| year = 2009
| source = https://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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/23558.html|title=Player Profile: Rex Yeatman|publisher=CricInfo|accessdate=2009-10-17}} He also served in the British Army during the Second World War, and played for their services cricket team in 1946.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34147/all_teams.html|title=Teams played for by Rex Yeatman|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-10-17}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34147/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Rex Yeatman|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-10-17}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17717.html|title=Northamptonshire v Combined Services – Other First-Class matches in England 1946|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-10-17}} He made 19 against Somerset on 17 August,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17839.html|title=Somerset v Surrey – County Championship 1946|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-10-17}} followed by four against Hampshire,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17869.html|title=Surrey v Hampshire – Other First-Class matches in England 1946|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-10-17}} his career-best 21 against Combined Services on 4 September,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17872.html|title=Surrey v Combined Services – Other First-Class matches in England 1946|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-10-17}} and finally a duck and four not out in his final match against Cambridge University on 14 June 1947.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18087.html|title=Surrey v Cambridge University – University Match 1947|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-10-17}} He made five subsequent Second XI appearances through to June 1952, whereupon his career ended. He died in Chichester, Sussex, in 1995.
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=23558}}
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Category:British Army personnel of World War II
Category:Combined Services cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Chichester
Category:British Army soldiers
Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames