David John Newsom (born 5 October 1937) is an English former first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
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| Full name | David John Newsom | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1937 Plymouth, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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The son of Rear Admiral John Bertram Newsom, Newson was born at Plymouth. He was educated at Haileybury College, where he played cricket for the college cricket eleven.[1] Newsom was an acting sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy in May 1960, with full promotion to the rank in that same month.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in June 1962.[3] He played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team, making his debut against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1960.[4] He made a further appearance against Northamptonshire at Northampton in 1961.[4] He scored 33 runs in these two matches, with a high score of 23.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Player profile: David Newsom". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 42636". The London Gazette. 30 March 1962. p. 2604.
- ^ "No. 42763". The London Gazette. 21 August 1962. p. 6663.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by David Newsom". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Newsom". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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