Jake Seamer

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John Wemyss "Jake" Seamer, born at Shapwick, Somerset on June 23, 1913 and died on April 16, 2006, played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Somerset.

Seamer was a bespectacled right-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional right-arm leg-spin bowler. He played for Somerset from 1932, but was given only one first-class match for Oxford University in 1933, though he again played for the county after the university term was over. In 1934, with three first-class centuries for Oxford, he won his Blue for cricket, and he retained his placed in the Oxford teams for the University match in the next two seasons, though his figures were disappointing. His four centuries in first-class cricket were all scored for Oxford. He also won Blues for the university for hockey.

After 1936, he joined the Colonial Service in Sudan alongside his lifelong friend Mandy Mitchell-Innes, who was his Oxford contemporary. Thereafter, his county cricket was restricted to a few matches across several seasons for Somerset while on leave. In 1948, the county struggled to find a permanent captain, and Seamer, again on leave, shared the job with Mitchell-Innes and George Woodhouse, captaining the team in seven games, only one of which was won. In 59 matches for Somerset, his highest score was only 70.

He left the Colonial Service in 1950 and became a schoolmaster at Marlborough College, where he had been at school.

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