Clement Patrick Stephen Wareham (23 March 1911 – 30 September 1940) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for Wellington in the 1934–35 Plunket Shield season, but without success.[1]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Clement Patrick Stephen Wareham |
Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 23 March 1911
Died | 30 September 1940 Hollingbourne, Kent, England | (aged 29)
Role | Batsman |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1934–35 | Wellington |
Source: Cricinfo, 27 October 2020 |
Wareham enlisted for duty in the New Zealand armed forces at the outset of World War II.[2] While serving in England in September 1940 he died when he was struck by a car while crossing a road.[3] A month earlier he had top-scored with 50 for a New Zealand Expeditionary Force XI in a victory over an Australian Imperial Forces XI in a one-day match at Aldershot.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Clement Wareham". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Recruiting". Evening Post: 14. 16 September 1939.
- ^ "Three Deaths". Ashburton Guardian: 5. 5 October 1940.
- ^ "Australian Imperial Forces v New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1940". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2023.