Rodney Holmes
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| Full name | John Rodney Reay Holmes | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Hollington, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Breuil-Cervinia, Aosta, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Jack Holmes (father) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1951 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||
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John Rodney Reay Holmes (24 April 1924 – 3 February 1980) was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he was born at Hollington, Sussex, and educated at Repton School. After leaving Repton, Holmes enlisted in 1943 as a war-substantive officer with the Rifle Brigade.[1] In April 1944 he received the temporary rank of Lieutenant,[2] and in March 1946 he was granted the full rank of second lieutenant with seniority from 7 April 1945.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant in October 1946.[4] Holmes made his first-class debut for the Free Foresters against Oxford University in 1949.[5] He appeared for Sussex for the first time the following season, also against Oxford University. Competition for the wicket-keeping position from Jim Parks limited his opportunities, and he played only one further first-class match, in 1951, again at Oxford.[5] All three of Holmes’s first-class matches were played at University Parks. In three innings he scored 41 runs at an average of 10.25, with a highest score of 24. As a wicket-keeper he took six catches and made one stumping.[6]
In May 1951, Holmes gained the rank of Captain.[7] He retired from service on 16 August 1954, upon which he was granted the honorary rank of Major.[8] He died in an avalanche at Breuil-Cervinia in Italy on 3 February 1980,[9] alongside three other British tourists.[10] His father, Jack, also played first-class cricket for Sussex.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Player profile: Rodney Holmes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
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External links
- John Holmes at ESPNcricinfo
- John Holmes at CricketArchive
