| John Heathcoat-Amory | |
| Fullname: | John Heathcoat-Amory |
| Birth Date: | 2 May 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Mayfair, Middlesex, England |
| Death Place: | Tiverton, Devon, England |
| Family: | Henry Stanley (cousin) Mike Groves (nephew) Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (nephew) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Minor Counties |
| Year1: | 1928 |
| Club2: | Devon |
| Club3: | Oxford University |
| Year3: | 1914 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 6 |
| Runs1: | 137 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.40 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 67 |
| Deliveries1: | 839 |
| Wickets1: | 15 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 23.80 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/52 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 25 October |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14711.html Cricinfo |
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.[1] He was educated at Ludgrove School and Eton College, where he played cricket in the Eton v Harrow fixtures of 1912 and 1913, captaining the college in the latter year.[2] [1] [3] 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.[4] He also played in minor counties cricket for Devon in 1914, playing a single match against Berkshire, taking ten wickets in the match.[5]
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.[3] By the war's end he had reached the rank of captain.[1]
Following the war, Heathcoat-Amory resumed playing minor counties cricket for Devon,[5] and was appointed county captain in 1921. He held the office for Justice of the Peace for Devon in 1922.[1] In 1926, he was selected to play a first-class fixture for the Free Foresters against Oxford University,[4] scoring his only first-class half century with a score of 67 not out in the Free Foresters first-innings.[6] In 1927 he played a first-class match for the West of England against the touring New Zealanders,[4] and in 1928 he made a final first-class appearance for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring Indians.[4] He continued to play for Devon regularly until 1932, before making a final appearance for the county in 1935.[5]
Following the death of his father in 1931, he succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet of the Heathcoat-Amory baronets.[1] He married Joyce Wethered, the four times champion of the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, on 6 January 1937.[1] He held the position of High Sheriff of Devon in 1942,[1] and later the Deputy Lieutenant of Devon in 1952.[1] He died at Knightshayes Court near Tiverton, Devon on 22 November 1972. As he died without issue, he was succeeded as the 4th Baronet by Derick Heathcoat-Amory.[1]