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Full name
  
Gerald Henry Seeley

Batting style
  
Right-handed


1921
  
Worcestershire

Name
  
Gerald Seeley

Born
  
9 May 1903 (
1903-05-09
)
Port Blair, Andaman Islands

Died
  
23 July 1941(1941-07-23) (aged 38) at sea off Ostend, Belgium

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. 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.

Seeley was born at Port Blair. in the Andaman Islands. In the Second World War he became an air gunner in the Royal Air Force, and holding the rank of Pilot Officer he died at sea off Ostend in July 1941. He is buried in the Oostende New Communal Cemetery.

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Gerald Seeley Wikipedia