Doug Yeabsley

Doug Yeabsley
Personal information
Full name Douglas Ian Yeabsley
Born (1942-01-03) 3 January 1942
Exeter, Devon, England
Nickname Doug
Batting style Left-hand batsman
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
Relations RS Yeabsley, MI Yeabsley (sons)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19691987 Devon
19741981 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) in 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]

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 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 345 including the wickets of Mushtaq Mohammad, Wasim Bari and Wasim Rajaall Test players.[4]

Yeabsley's last List A appearance, was versus Worcestershire in the 1987 NatWest Trophy, when he was 45. Ian Botham and Graeme Hick both made hundreds. Worcestershire scored their 404 runs at a rate of nearly seven runs per over. Yeabsley's 12 overs cost just 50 runs; the other four bowlers conceded 7997 runs off the same number of overs.[5]

Yeabsley has been described as "undoubtedly England's best amateur bowler of the Seventies, bowling left-arm fast medium."[2]

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

  1. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Radlett CC : History". radlettcc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. http://www.oldhabs.com/StaffNews/Yeabsley_D.html

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