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Doug Yeabsley Personal information Full name Douglas Ian Yeabsley Born 3 January 1942
Exeter, Devon, EnglandBatting style Left-hand batsman Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast Role Bowler Relations RS Yeabsley, MI Yeabsley (sons) Domestic team information Years Team 1969–1987 Devon 1974–1981 Minor Counties (West/South) First-class debut 20 July 1974 Minor Counties v Pakistanis Last First-class 4 August 1981 Minor Counties v Sri Lankans List A debut 10 May 1969 Devon v Hertfordshire Last List A 24 June 1987 Devon v Worcestershire Career statistics Competition First-class List A Matches 4 41 Runs scored 27 164 Batting average 9.00 13.66 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 14* 22* Balls bowled 837 2358 Wickets 13 36 Bowling average 29.92 32.27 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 3/45 3/21 Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/– Source: CricketArchive, 10 December 2008 Douglas (Doug) Ian Yeabsley (born 3 January 1942, Exeter, Devon) is a former minor counties cricketer who represented the Minor Counties and, particularly Devon County Cricket Club from 1959 to 1990, 31 years.[1]
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Career
A left-arm medium pace bowler and a left-handed tail end batsman, Yeabsley made his debut for Devon "in 1959, aged 17, while still at Exeter School, and continued for 31 seasons, a tribute to his durability and skill".[2]
Yeabsley made just four appearances in first-class cricket and 41 in List A matches. His first-class appearances were all made for the Minor Counties representative team against touring international opposition.[3] His best bowling return was achieved against the 1974 Pakistan touring team, taking 3–45 including the wickets of Mushtaq Mohammad, Wasim Bari and Wasim Raja—all Test players.[4]
Yeabsley's last List A appearance, was versus Worcestershire in the 1987 Nat West Trophy. Ian Botham and Graeme Hick both made hundreds. Worcestershire scored their 404 runs at a rate of nearly seven runs per over. Aged 45, Yeabsley's 12 overs cost just 50 runs; the other four bowlers conceded 79–97 runs off the same number of overs.[5]
Yeabsley has been described as "undoubtedly England's best amateur bowler of the Seventies, at left-arm fast-medium".[2] He never bowled a wide and has been a great asset to the game of cricket.
Family and teaching career
Yeabsley's two sons, Michael and Richard both played first-class cricket, the latter in particular with some success. Both were educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys School, where Doug taught chemistry from 1964 and coached the school first XI and rugby first XV.[6]
References
- ^ http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34145/34145.html
- ^ a b http://www.radlettcc.com/history/default.aspx
- ^ http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34145/First-Class_Matches.html
- ^ http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/34/34478.html
- ^ http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/48/48833.html
- ^ http://www.oldhabs.com/StaffNews/Yeabsley_D.html
External links
Categories:- 1942 births
- Living people
- English cricketers
- Minor Counties cricketers
- Devon cricketers
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