Walter Seabrook

Walter George Seabrook (12 February 1904 – 13 June 1988) was an English cricketer. Seabrook was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Brockworth, Gloucestershire and was educated at Haileybury, where he represented the college cricket team.^[1]

Walter Seabrook

Personal information
Full name	Walter George Seabrook
Born	(1904-02-12)12 February 1904 Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England
Died	13 June 1988(1988-06-13) (aged 84) Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Relations	Frederick Seabrook (brother) Archibald Spens (brother-in-law)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1928	Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 0 Batting average 0.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 0 Balls bowled 12 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 July 2011

Seabrook made his only first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Kent in the 1928 County Championship.^[2] In this match he was dismissed for a duck twice, while with the ball he bowled 2 wicket-less overs.^[3] The following year he married Margaret Joan Spens, the couple would go on to have three children.^[4] Seabrook later served in World War II, by December 1944 he held the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Gloucestershire Regiment.^[5] On 30 May 1945, Seabrook relinquished his commission and left the army.^[6] He later died in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire on 13 June 1988.

His brother-in-law, Archibald Spens, played a single first-class match for the Europeans in the British Raj, while his brother, Frederick, played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and Cambridge University.