John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Baronet
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| Full name | John Heathcoat-Amory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1894 Mayfair, Middlesex, England |
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| Died | 22 November 1972 (aged 78) Tiverton, Devon, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations |
Henry Stanley (cousin) Mike Groves (nephew) Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (nephew) |
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| 1928 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914–1935 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 October 2013
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Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Baronet (2 May 1894 – 22 November 1972) was an English cricketer. Heathcoat-Amory was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
The son of Sir Ian Heathcoat-Amory, 2nd Baronet and Alexandra Georgina Seymour, Heathcoat-Amory was born at Mayfair, Middlesex. He was educated at Eton College, playing for the college cricket in the Eton v Harrow fixtures of 1912 and 1913, captaining the college in the latter year. After leaving Eton, he studied at Christ Church, Oxford, where he played first-class cricket for the university cricket club. His first match was against Middlesex, making two further appearances in that season against the Free Foresters and GJV Weigall's XI. He also played in minor counties cricket for Devon in 1914, playing a single match against Berkshire, taking ten wickets in the match.
He fought in the First World War serving in the Devonshire Regiment. He served during the war in the British Raj, Mesopotamia, Persia and Russia. By the war's end he had reached the rank of captain.
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