harry, freeman, cricketer, born, 1887, harry, vernon, meyrick, freeman, july, 1887, april, 1926, english, first, class, cricketer, british, army, officer, harry, freemanpersonal, informationfull, nameharry, vernon, meyrick, freemanborn26, july, 1887holsworthy,. Harry Guy Vernon Meyrick Freeman 26 July 1887 17 April 1926 was an English first class cricketer and British Army officer Harry FreemanPersonal informationFull nameHarry Guy Vernon Meyrick FreemanBorn26 July 1887Holsworthy Devon EnglandDied17 April 1926 1926 04 17 aged 38 near Burrington Devon EnglandBattingUnknownBowlingUnknownDomestic team informationYearsTeam1910 11Europeans1911DevonCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 1Runs scored 0Batting average 0 00100s 50s Top score 0Balls bowled 186Wickets 3Bowling average 21 335 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling 2 35Catches stumpings Source ESPNcricinfo 12 November 2021 Freeman was born in Devon at Holsworthy in July 1887 and was educated at Brighton College where he played for the college cricket team 1 After completing his education at Brighton Freeman proceeded to attend the Royal Military College He graduated from the Cheshire Regiment as a second lieutenant in February 1908 2 While stationed in British India in 1910 Freeman made an appearance in first class cricket for the European cricket team against the Hindus in the final of the Bombay Triangular at Bombay 3 He was dismissed without scoring by Oghad Shankar in the Europeans first innings while with the ball he dismissed S K Divekar and Shankar in the Hindus first innings in their second innings he dismissed Mukundrao Pai finishing with match figures of 3 for 64 4 In January 1911 he was promoted to lieutenant 5 Freeman played minor counties cricket for Devon in July 1911 while presumably on leave from the army making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship 6 In August 1911 he was seconded for service overseas by the Colonial Office and was attached to the Royal West African Frontier Force in British West Africa 7 He served in the First World War with the Cheshire Regiment being promoted to captain in the war s early months 8 He retired from active service following the war in June 1920 9 later dying in a motorcycle accident near the Portsmouth Arms railway station in Devon on 17 April 1926 10 References edit Teams Harry Freeman played for CricketArchive Retrieved 13 November 2021 The Monthly Army List H M Stationery Office 1908 p 1582 First Class Matches played by Harry Freeman CricketArchive Retrieved 13 November 2021 Europeans v Hindus Bombay Triangular Tournament 1910 11 Final CricketArchive Retrieved 13 November 2021 No 28460 The London Gazette 27 January 1911 p 696 Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Harry Freeman CricketArchive Retrieved 13 November 2021 No 28524 The London Gazette 22 August 1911 p 6225 No 29092 The London Gazette Supplement 5 March 1915 p 2340 No 31935 The London Gazette Supplement 8 June 1920 p 6427 Mystery accident Western Morning News 20 April 1926 p 5External links editHarry Freeman at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harry Freeman cricketer born 1887 amp oldid 1190200317, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
