Walter Yates (cricketer)

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Walter Yates
Personal information
Full name
Walter Gerald Yates
Born(1919-06-18)18 June 1919
Warsop, Nottinghamshire,
England
Died15 December 2008(2008-12-15) (aged 89)
Nottinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1937–1938Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 69
Batting average 9.85
100s/50s –/–
Top score 19
Balls bowled 90
Wickets 1
Bowling average 54.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/43
Catches/stumpings 1/–
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 1943, Yates held the rank of pilot officer. It was in May 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

  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Yates". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  2. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Yates". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Nottinghamshire v Essex, 1937 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  4. ^ "No. 35849". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1943. p. 166.
  5. ^ "No. 36017". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 May 1943. p. 2205.

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