Reginald Somerville (cricketer)
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| Full name | Reginald James Somerville | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 October 1918 Camberwell, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 August 1979 (aged 60) Lambeth, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Reginald James Somerville (9 October 1918 – 13 August 1979) was an English first-class cricketer.
Somerville served in the Second World War, enlisting in the South Staffordshire Regiment as second lieutenant in September 1941.[1] He ended the war with the temporary rank of captain.[2] Following the war, he became banker by profession. Somerville played a single first-class cricket match for D. R. Jardine's XI against Oxford University at Eastbourne in 1955.[3] Batting once in the match, Somerville was dismissed for 3 runs by Jimmy Allan in the D. R. Jardine's XI first-innings.[4] He died at Lambeth in August 1979.
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 35294". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 September 1941. p. 5270.
- ^ "No. 37340". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 November 1945. p. 5446.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Reginald Somerville". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "DR Jardine's XI v Oxford University, 1955". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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- 1918 births
- 1979 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War II
- South Staffordshire Regiment officers
- English bankers
- Cricketers from the London Borough of Southwark
- People from Camberwell
- English cricketers
- D. R. Jardine's XI cricketers
- 20th-century English businesspeople
- Military personnel from the London Borough of Southwark