Walter Vezey

{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Walter Vezey

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Walter John Vezey

| birth_date = 12 January 1901

| birth_place = Edmonton, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|4|4|1901|1|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Arawali, North-West Frontier Province, British India

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| role =

| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = 1925/26

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 49

| bat avg1 = 16.33

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 21

| deliveries1 = 112

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 19.33

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/18

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 31 December

| year = 2023

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/walter-vezey-35760 Cricinfo

}}

Walter John Vezey (12 January 1901 – 4 April 1926) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Indian Army.

The son of Peter Vezey and his wife, Lottie,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001557/19260410/062/0003|title=Accident|work=Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser|page=3|date=10 April 1926|access-date=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} he was born at Edmonton in January 1901. He was educated at Haileybury, before going up to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. From there, he graduated as a second lieutenant into the Royal Engineers and was later attached to the Royal Bombay Sappers in British India.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk/vezeys-in-and-out-of-box.html|title=Vezey Family: Branches In and Out of Box|website=www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk|accessdate=31 December 2023}} He was promoted to lieutenant in July 1922.{{London Gazette|issue=32730|date=18 July 1922|page=5359}} Whilst in India, Vezey made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Sikhs and the Muslims in the 1925–26 Lahore Tournament.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14803/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Walter Vezey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}} He scored 49 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 21,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14803/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Vezey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}} while with the ball, he took 3 wickets at an average of 19.33.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14803/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Walter Vezey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}} While a passenger on 4 April 1926 aboard a DH.9A of No. 60 Squadron RAF flown by Pilot Officer David John Lloyd, Vezey was killed when the aircraft crashed in the North-West Frontier Province; the pilot was also killed in the crash.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19260407/032/0002|title=Fatal Indian crash|work=Belfast News-Letter|page=2|date=7 April 1926|access-date=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}