Walter John Vezey (12 January 1901 – 4 April 1926) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Indian Army.
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| Full name | Walter John Vezey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1901 Edmonton, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 April 1926 (aged 25) Arawali, North-West Frontier Province, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1925/26 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Peter Vezey and his wife, Lottie,[1] he was born at Edmonton in January 1901. He was educated at Haileybury, before going up to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. From there, he graduated as a second lieutenant into the Royal Engineers and was later attached to the Royal Bombay Sappers in British India.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant in July 1922.[3] Whilst in India, Vezey made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Sikhs and the Muslims in the 1925–26 Lahore Tournament.[4] He scored 49 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 21,[5] while with the ball, he took 3 wickets at an average of 19.33.[6] While a passenger on 4 April 1926 aboard a DH.9A of No. 60 Squadron RAF flown by Pilot Officer David John Lloyd, Vezey was killed when the aircraft crashed in the North-West Frontier Province; the pilot was also killed in the crash.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Accident". Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser. 10 April 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Vezey Family: Branches In and Out of Box". www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "No. 32730". The London Gazette. 18 July 1922. p. 5359.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Vezey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Vezey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Walter Vezey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Fatal Indian crash". Belfast News-Letter. 7 April 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.