Geoffrey Seaton
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| Full name | Geoffrey Stuart Seaton | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 1926 Brighton, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 November 2020 (aged 94) West Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 June 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Geoffrey Stuart Seaton (6 March 1926 – 18 November 2020) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Seaton was born at Kemp Town in Brighton on 6 March 1926. He attended Denstone College in Staffordshire[1] before going up to Peterhouse, Cambridge.[2] He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1946 and 1947, making five appearances.[3] He scored 123 runs in his five matches, averaging 17.57 and with a high score of 51.[4]
After graduating from Cambridge, Seaton was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers,[5] with promotion to lieutenant in January 1950.[6] He was promoted to captain in January 1954.[7]
While serving in the army, Seaton studied at Merton College, Oxford, in 1956 and 1957 on the Army Geodesy Course.[2] He made a further three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1957,[3] scoring 73 runs with a high score of 26.[4] He was promoted to major in January 1961,[8] and retired from active service in January 1962.[9]
Seaton died in West Sussex on 18 November 2020, at the age of 94.[10][11]