Harry Guy Vernon Meyrick Freeman (26 July 1887 – 17 April 1926) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Harry Guy Vernon Meyrick Freeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1887 Holsworthy, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 April 1926 (aged 38) near Burrington, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910/11 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1911 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 November 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Freeman was born in Devon at Holsworthy in July 1887 and was educated at Brighton College, where he played for the college cricket team.[1] After completing his education at Brighton, Freeman proceeded to attend the Royal Military College. He graduated from the Cheshire Regiment as a second lieutenant in February 1908.[2] While stationed in British India in 1910, Freeman made an appearance in first-class cricket for the European cricket team against the Hindus in the final of the Bombay Triangular at Bombay.[3] He was dismissed without scoring by Oghad Shankar in the Europeans first innings, while with the ball he dismissed S. K. Divekar and Shankar in the Hindus first innings, in their second innings he dismissed Mukundrao Pai, finishing with match figures of 3 for 64.[4] In January 1911, he was promoted to lieutenant.[5] Freeman played minor counties cricket for Devon in July 1911 (while presumably on leave from the army), making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[6]
In August 1911, he was seconded for service overseas by the Colonial Office and was attached to the Royal West African Frontier Force in British West Africa.[7] He served in the First World War with the Cheshire Regiment, being promoted to captain in the war's early months.[8] He retired from active service following the war in June 1920,[9] later dying in a motorcycle accident near the Portsmouth Arms railway station in Devon on 17 April 1926.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Teams Harry Freeman played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ The Monthly Army List. H. M. Stationery Office. 1908. p. 1582.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Harry Freeman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Europeans v Hindus, Bombay Triangular Tournament 1910/11 (Final)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "No. 28460". The London Gazette. 27 January 1911. p. 696.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Harry Freeman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "No. 28524". The London Gazette. 22 August 1911. p. 6225.
- ^ "No. 29092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 March 1915. p. 2340.
- ^ "No. 31935". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1920. p. 6427.
- ^ Mystery accident. Western Morning News. 20 April 1926. p. 5