Gerald Seeley

Gerald Seeley
Personal information
Full name
Gerald Henry Seeley
Born(1903-05-09)9 May 1903
Port Blair, Andaman Islands
Died23 July 1941(1941-07-23) (aged 38)
English Channel, off Ostend, German-occupied Belgium
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1921Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 7
Batting average 7.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 7
Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 24 June 2008

Gerald Henry Seeley (9 May 1903 – 23 July 1941) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class game, for Worcestershire against Nottinghamshire at Worcester in 1921. Batting at number seven in his only innings, he scored 7 before falling lbw to John Gunn.[1] Although this was his only appearance at such a high level, he did play several times for Marlborough College and in 1921, a fortnight before his Worcestershire appearance, he hit 122 and took 5-59 against Rugby School.[2]

Seeley was born at Port Blair. in the Andaman Islands.

Military service and death

In the Second World War he became an air gunner in the Royal Air Force, and became a pilot officer. On 23 July 1941, Seeley took off from RAF Manston as the rear air gunner of a Bristol Blenheim bomber. Whilst conducting anti-shipping operations over the English Channel, the Blenheim was shot down off Ostend by a Kriegsmarine flak ship, killing 2 of the 3 on board, Seeley and pilot Phillip Bernard Ashby. Pilot Officer Martin Lowes became a prisoner of war. He is buried in the Oostende New Communal Cemetery.[3][4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire in 1921". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Marlborough College v Rugby School in 1921". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Last resting place of Gerald Seeley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  4. ^ "Seeley G". losses.internationalbcc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

References