Walter Yates (cricketer)

Walter Yates

Personal information
Full name	Walter Gerald Yates
Born	18 June 1919 Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	15 December 2008 (aged 89) Nottinghamshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1937–1938	Nottinghamshire
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 1934, Yates held the rank of Pilot officer. It was in this month 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. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35849. p. 166. 1 January 1943.
5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36017. p. 2205. 14 May 1943.

External links

• Walter Yates at ESPNcricinfo
• Walter Yates at CricketArchive