Andre Johan Seymore (born 16 February 1975) is a retired South African
cricket
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er. A right-handed
upper-order batsman and occasional
leg break bowler, he played
first-class cricket
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for several provincial teams including
Northern Transvaal
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,
Gauteng
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,
Easterns and
Titans
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. In total, he was selected for almost 200 first-class and
List A
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matches.
Seymore also played
club cricket
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in England; he was the club professional for
Frenchay Cricket Club in the
West of England Premier League from 1999 until 2001, scoring 1685 runs across the three season, in addition Seymore played for
Accrington
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in the
Lancashire League during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He played 59 matches for Accrington, scoring 2,529 runs at an
average
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of 54.97.
References
1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Rustenburg
Cricketers from North West (South African province)
South African cricketers
Gauteng cricketers
Easterns cricketers
Titans cricketers
Northerns cricketers
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