Walter George Seabrook (12 February 1904 – 13 June 1988) was an English cricketer. Seabrook was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Brockworth, Gloucestershire and was educated at Haileybury, where he represented the college cricket team.[1]
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| Full name | Walter George Seabrook | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1904 Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 June 1988 (aged 84) Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Frederick Seabrook (brother) Archibald Spens (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seabrook made his only first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Kent in the 1928 County Championship.[2] In this match he was dismissed for a duck twice, while with the ball he bowled 2 wicket-less overs.[3] The following year he married Margaret Joan Spens, the couple would go on to have three children.[4] Seabrook later served in World War II, by December 1944 he held the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Gloucestershire Regiment.[5] On 30 May 1945, Seabrook relinquished his commission and left the army.[6] He later died in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire on 13 June 1988.
His brother-in-law, Archibald Spens, played a single first-class match for the Europeans in the British Raj, while his brother, Frederick, played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and Cambridge University.
References
edit- ^ "Teams Walter Seabrook played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Seabrook". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "Kent v Gloucestershire, 1928 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "Spens history". www.nathanielspens.com. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "No. 36962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1945. p. 1194.
- ^ "No. 37178". The London Gazette. 13 July 1945. p. 3663.
External links
edit- Walter Seabrook at ESPNcricinfo
- Walter Seabrook at CricketArchive