John Sidney Vesey-Brown OBE (1899 – June 1976) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer and a director for the Mobil oil company.
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| Full name | John Sidney Vesey-Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1899 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 1976 (aged 77) Bermuda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939/40–1942/43 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940/41 | Madras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of C. S. Vesey-Brown, who was the electrical engineer for Lincoln, Vesey-Brown was born there in 1899. He was educated in Oxfordshire at Bloxham School.[1] After completing his education, he enlisted in the British Army by lying about his age in order to serve in the First World War. He gained a commission as a temporary second lieutenant into the Durham Light Infantry in October 1917.[2] Following the war, he was made a temporary lieutenant in May 1919,[3] before completing his military service in September 1921.[4] Following the end of his military service, he joined the oil company Mobil.[5] During the Second World War, he joined the Royal Norfolk Regiment with the rank of lieutenant colonel and later served as the coordinator of petroleum supplies for British West Africa.[5] For the first two years of his service with the Royal Norfolk Regiment, Vesey-Brown was stationed in British India. There he played first-class cricket, making his first-class debut for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in the 1939–40 Madras Presidency Match. He made two further first-class appearances for the Europeans in the 1940–41 and 1942–43 Presidency Matches, in addition to playing for Madras against a touring Ceylon team, and for the Madras Governor's XI against Madras.[6] Playing as a bowler, he took 26 wickets in his five first-class matches at an average of 15.88; he took a five wicket haul on three occasions and once took ten wickets in a match.[7] His best innings figures of 5 for 14 came against Madras.[8]
In 1945, he was seconded to the Ministry of Fuel and Power,[5] where he was employed as an assistant-secretary, and was made an OBE in the 1946 New Year Honours.[9] From 1949, he served as a director at Mobil.[5] Vesey-Brown later retired to Bermuda, where he died in June 1976.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mr Sidney Vesey-Brown". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 9 June 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 26 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "No. 30401". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 November 1917. p. 12344.
- ^ "No. 31460". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 July 1919. p. 9102.
- ^ "No. 32516". The London Gazette. 11 November 1921. p. 9012.
- ^ a b c d Review - Institute of Petroleum. Vol. 12. London: Institute of Petroleum. 1958. p. 59.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Vesey-Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Player profile: John Vesey-Brown". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling Against Each Opponent John Vesey-Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "No. 37412". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1945. p. 276.