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Bernard Meakin

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Bernard Meakin
Personal information
Born(1885-03-05)5 March 1885
Stone, Staffordshire, England
Died17 February 1964(1964-02-17) (aged 78)
Dunsfold, Surrey, England
BattingLeft-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1906Gloucestershire
Source: Cricinfo, 30 March 2014

Bernard Meakin (5 March 1885 – 17 February 1964) was an English cricketer. He played eight matches of first-class cricket between 1906 and 1922.[1]

Educated at Clifton College, Meakin was a left-handed batsman who played for Staffordshire from 1904 to 1922, captaining the team from 1911 to 1922.[2] He was a member of the first Minor Counties composite team to play a first-class match, against the touring South Africans in 1912.[3]

Meakin was a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps in the First World War, serving in France.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Bernard Meakin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Wisden Obituaries in 1964". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties v South Africans 1912". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  4. ^ "British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.