Herman de Zoete

Herman Walter de Zoete (13 February 1877 – 26 March 1957) was an English cricketer. de Zoete was a right-handed batsman who bowled both slow left-arm orthodox and left-arm medium pace. He was born at Bromley Common, Kent, and was educated at Eton College.

Herman de Zoete

Personal information
Full name	Herman Walter de Zoete
Born	13 February 1877 Bromley Common, Kent, England
Died	26 March 1957 (aged 80) Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1928	Hertfordshire
1897	Essex
1897–1898	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 18 Runs scored 151 Batting average 6.86 100s/50s –/– Top score 29 Balls bowled 2,040 Wickets 55 Bowling average 18.78 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 6/53 Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 February 2012

While studying at the University of Cambridge,[1] de Zoete made his first-class for Cambridge University against CI Thornton's XI in 1897. He made fifteen further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University in the 1898 University Match at Lord's.[2] Primarily a bowler, de Zoete took 52 wickets in his sixteen first-class appearances for the university, which came at an average of 18.11, with best figures of 6/53, one of three five wicket hauls he took.[3] With the bat, he scored 149 runs at a batting average of 6.77, with a high score of 29.[4] He also made two first-class appearances for Essex in the 1897 County Championship against Surrey and Hampshire,[2] though without success. Thirty years later, de Zoete played for Hertfordshire in the 1928 Minor Counties Championship, making a single appearance against Cambridgeshire.[5]

Outside of cricket, de Zoete represented Cambridge University at golf in 1896, 1897 and 1898, getting his blue each year.[6] He first played in the Amateur Championship in 1903, reaching the semi-final where he lost to Robert Maxwell at the 19th hole.[7] He played for England in the England–Scotland Amateur Match in 1903, 1904, 1906 and 1907.

de Zoete was married to Dorothy Courage, with the couple having five children.[8] His brother-in-law, Charles Round, also played first-class cricket.

During World War I, de Zoete served in the Essex Yeomanry[9] and rose to the rank of Captain.[1]

De Zoete lived out his final years at Sproughton, Suffolk,[8] before dying at Ipswich, Suffolk, on 26 March 1957.

References

1. "De Zoete, Herman Walter (D895HW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Herman de Zoete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Herman de Zoete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Herman de Zoete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
5. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Herman de Zoete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
6. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1957". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
7. "Obituary – Mr H W de Zoete – A Fine Sportsman". The Times. 2 April 1957. p. 14.
8. "Profile: Herman Walter de Zoete". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
9. "No. 28984". The London Gazette. 24 November 1914. p. 9697.

External links

• Herman de Zoete at ESPNcricinfo
• Herman de Zoete at CricketArchive