Geoffrey Seaton
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| Full name | Geoffrey Stuart Seaton | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 1926 Brighton, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 June 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Geoffrey Stuart Seaton (born 6 March 1926) is an English former first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Seaton was born at Kemp Town in Brighton in March 1926. He later studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1946 and 1947, making five appearances.[2] Ridley scored 123 runs in his five matches, averaging 17.57 and with a high score of 51.[3]
After graduating from Oxford, Seaton was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers,[4] with promotion to lieutenant coming in January 1950.[5] He was promoted to captain four years later in January 1954.[6] While still serving in the army, Seaton studied at Merton College, Oxford in 1956 and 1957 on the Army Geodesy Course.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made a further three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1957,[2] scoring 73 runs with a high score of 26.[3] He was later promoted to major in January 1961,[7] Seaton retired from active service in January 1962.[8]
References
- ^ a b Blackwell, Basil (1964). Merton College Register, 1900-1964. Merton College. p. 483.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Seaton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Geoffrey Seaton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "No. 38365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 July 1948. p. 4291.
- ^ "No. 38820". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 January 1950. p. 405.
- ^ "No. 40081". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 January 1954. p. 559.
- ^ "No. 42261". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 January 1961. p. 661.
- ^ "No. 42571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1962. p. 422.