Michael Ian Yeabsley (born 1972) is an English former

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

er. Son of former

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player,

Doug Yeabsley Douglas Ian Yeabsley (born 3 January 1942), is a former cricketer who represented the Minor Counties and, particularly Devon County Cricket Club from 1959 to 1990, a span of 31 years. Yeabsley played a role in a victory for Minor Counties over th ...

, and brother of fellow first-class player

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, Yeabsley was educated at

Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School Haberdashers' Boys' School (also known as Haberdashers', Habs, or Habs Boys), until September 2021 known as Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, is a public school for pupils age 4 to 18 in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England. The school is a m ...

and then Durham University (1991–1994), where he studied Geography and represented Durham University RFC. He undertook his PGCE at

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as a member of

Queens' College Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

, and trained under Rex Walford. During his brief cricket career, he was an

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bowler. At Cambridge, he represented the university cricket club, playing just two first-class matches (both in 1995), taking two wickets at a cost of 42 runs each. After university, he became a teacher, and was appointed Head of Geography and, initially, Master in Charge of Cricket at

Aldenham School Aldenham School is a co-educational independent school (UK), independent school for pupils aged eleven to eighteen, located between Elstree and the village of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, England. There is also a preparatory school (UK), preparato ...

in 2008.

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* * 1972 births Living people Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Cambridge University cricketers Cricketers from St Albans English cricketers Geography teachers People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham {{England-cricket-bio-1970s-stub