Donald Weekes
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Full name | Donald James Weekes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1930-05-08)8 May 1930 Horsham, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 September 2013(2013-09-24) (aged 83) Bromley, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Everton Weekes (uncle) Leonard Bates (father-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1952 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 November 2011 |
Donald James Weekes (8 May 1930 – 24 September 2013) was an English cricketer. Weekes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Horsham, Sussex.
Weekes made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Oxford University at University Parks, Oxford in 1952.[1] In a drawn match, he bowled a total of six wicketless overs, while in his only batting innings he was dismissed for a duck by Henry Joynt.[2] This was his only major appearance for Sussex.
His uncle was the West Indian Test cricketer Sir Everton Weekes, while his father-in-law, Leonard Bates, played first-class cricket for Warwickshire.
Donald Weekes died in Bromley, London on 24 September 2013, at the age of 83.[3]
References
External links
- Donald Weekes at ESPNcricinfo
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