Walter Yates (cricketer)
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| Full name | Walter Gerald Yates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 June 1919 Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
15 December 2008 (aged 89) Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1937–1938 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 31 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Gerald Yates (18 June 1919 – 15 December 2008) was an English cricketer. Yates was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Warsop, Nottinghamshire.
Yates made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Leicestershire in 1937 County Championship. He made five further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1938 County Championship.[1] In his six first-class appearances, he scored 69 runs at an average of 9.85, with a high score of 19.[2] He took a single first-class wicket, that of Essex captain Denys Wilcox.[3]
Yates served during World War II with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, serving by November 1942 with the rank of Corporal.[4] By April 1934, Yates held the rank of Pilot officer. It was in this month that he was dismissed from service by way of a General Court-martial.[5] However, as the war effort was short of pilots, he was demoted and served as a Spitfire pilot in Burma with the County of Durham Squadron until the end of the war. He died in Nottinghamshire on 15 December 2008.
References
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Yates". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Yates". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ↑ "Nottinghamshire v Essex, 1937 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35849. p. 166. 1 January 1943.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36017. p. 2205. 14 May 1943.