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| Full name | Reginald James Somerville | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 October 1918 Camberwell, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 August 1979(1979-08-13) (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. He ended the war with the temporary rank of captain. 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. Batting once in the match, Somerville was dismissed for 3 runs by Jimmy Allan in the D. R. Jardine's XI first-innings. He died at Lambeth in August 1979.
References
- "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.
External links
Categories:- 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