| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Herman Walter de Zoete |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Bromley Common, Kent, England |
| Death Place: | Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm medium |
| Club1: | Hertfordshire |
| Year1: | 1928 |
| Club2: | Essex |
| Year2: | 1897 |
| Club3: | Cambridge University |
| Year3: | 1897–1898 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 18 |
| Runs1: | 151 |
| Bat Avg1: | 6.86 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 29 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,040 |
| Wickets1: | 55 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 18.78 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/53 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/– |
| Date: | 24 February |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12328.html Cricinfo |
Herman Walter de Zoete (13 February 1877 – 26 March 1957) was an English cricketer. De Zoete was a right-handed batsman who bowled both slow left-arm orthodox and left-arm medium pace. He was born at Bromley Common, Kent, and was educated at Eton College.
While studying at the University of Cambridge, de Zoete made his first-class for Cambridge University against CI Thornton's XI in 1897. He made fifteen further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University in the 1898 University Match at Lord's.[1] Primarily a bowler, de Zoete took 52 wickets in his sixteen first-class appearances for the university, which came at an average of 18.11, with best figures of 6/53, one of three five wicket hauls he took.[2] With the bat, he scored 149 runs at a batting average of 6.77, with a high score of 29.[3] He also made two first-class appearances for Essex in the 1897 County Championship against Surrey and Hampshire,[1] though without success. Thirty years later, de Zoete played for Hertfordshire in the 1928 Minor Counties Championship, making a single appearance against Cambridgeshire.[4]
Outside of cricket, de Zoete represented Cambridge University at golf in 1896, 1897 and 1898, getting his blue each year.[5] He first played in the Amateur Championship in 1903, reaching the semi-final where he lost to Robert Maxwell at the 19th hole.[6] He played for England in the England–Scotland Amateur Match in 1903, 1904, 1906 and 1907.
De Zoete was married to Dorothy Courage, with the couple having five children.[7] His brother-in-law, Charles Round, also played first-class cricket.
During World War I, de Zoete served in the Essex Yeomanry and rose to the rank of Captain.
De Zoete lived out his final years at Sproughton, Suffolk,[7] before dying at Ipswich, Suffolk, on 26 March 1957.