Country: | England |
Fullname: | Donald James Weekes |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1930 |
Birth Place: | Horsham, Sussex, England |
Death Place: | Bromley, London, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
Family: | Everton Weekes (uncle) Leonard Bates (father-in-law) |
Club1: | Sussex |
Year1: | 1952 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 0 |
Bat Avg1: | 0.00 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 0 |
Deliveries1: | 36 |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | - / - |
Date: | 27 November |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22829.html Cricinfo |
Donald James Weekes (8 May 1930 – 24 September 2013) was an English cricketer. Weekes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Horsham, Sussex.
Weekes made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Oxford University at University Parks, Oxford in 1952.[1] In a drawn match, he bowled a total of six wicketless overs, while in his only batting innings he was dismissed for a duck by Henry Joynt.[2] This was his only major appearance for Sussex.
His uncle was the West Indian Test cricketer Sir Everton Weekes, while his father-in-law, Leonard Bates, played first-class cricket for Warwickshire.
Donald Weekes died in Bromley, London on 24 September 2013, at the age of 83.[3]