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Rex Herbert Yeatman (4 October 1919 – 5 January 1995) was an English
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er who had a brief
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career for the
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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. He also served in the
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during the
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, and played for their services cricket team in 1946.


Career

Born in Kew, near
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, Yeatman played two matches for the Surrey Second XI against
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and
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Second XIs on 27 May and 9 June 1939. Following service in the Army, Yeatman appeared in his first two first class matches in 1946 – against
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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
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on debut and did not bowl. He made 19 against
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on 17 August, followed by four against
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, his career-best 21 against Combined Services on 4 September, and finally a duck and four
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in his final match against
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on 14 June 1947. He made five subsequent Second XI appearances through to June 1952, whereupon his career ended. He died in
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,
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, in 1995.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeatman, Rex 1919 births 1995 deaths Surrey cricketers British Army personnel of World War II Combined Services cricketers Cricketers from Chichester British Army soldiers Military personnel from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Cricketers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames People from Richmond, London