About Douglas Meakin
Lived 1929 – 1998 (aged 68). Douglas Meakin was a cricketer.
Douglas Meakin (28 March 1929 – 13 February 1998) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force airman.
Meakin made his debut in minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire against Cambridgeshire at Luton in the 1952 Minor Counties Championship. He played minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire intermittently until 1962, making 21 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. He made a further appearance in 1959 against Somerset, before making two more first-class appearances in 1962 against Cambridge University and Ireland. With his right-arm fast bowling, he took 10 wickets at an average of 20.60, with best figures of 4 for 56.
He died at Norwich in February 1998.
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Who was Douglas Meakin?
English cricketer and Royal Air Force airman (1929-1998)
When was Douglas Meakin born?
Douglas Meakin was born on 28 March 1929 in Swadlincote.
When did Douglas Meakin die?
Douglas Meakin died on 13 February 1998 in Norwich.
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Douglas Meakin was a cricketer.
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