| Richard Bateman | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Richard Bateman |
| Birth Date: | 29 April 1849 |
| Birth Place: | Farnham, Surrey, England |
| Death Place: | Ash Vale, Surrey, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Year1: | 1883 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 18 |
| Bat Avg1: | 18.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 14 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 3 January |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9031.html Cricinfo |
Richard Bateman (29 April 1849 – 5 November 1913) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Daniel Bateman, he was born at Farnham in April 1849. A forage contractor by profession,[1] he made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire against Somerset at Taunton in 1883.[2] He was dismissed for 4 runs in Hampshire's first innings by Alfred Evans and ended their second innings unbeaten on 14.[3] Later in life, he was a councillor on Hampshire County Council for Aldershot East and was a justice of the peace for West Surrey.[4] While partaking in a hunt with the Aldershot-based Guard's Hunt on 4 November 1913, Bateman fell from his horse after it had tripped on a rabbit hole. He was seriously injured and lost consciousness, which he never regained, dying the following evening at his house in Ash Vale, Surrey.[5]