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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Walter Vezey<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Walter John Vezey<br />
| birth_date = 12 January 1901<br />
| birth_place = [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], [[London]], England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|4|4|1901|1|12|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Arawali, [[North-West Frontier Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = Unknown<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1925/26<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 49<br />
| bat avg1 = 16.33<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 21<br />
| deliveries1 = 112<br />
| wickets1 = 3<br />
| bowl avg1 = 19.33<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = 3/18<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–<br />
| date = 31 December<br />
| year = 2023<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/walter-vezey-35760 Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Walter John Vezey''' (12 January 1901 – 4 April 1926) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].<br />
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The son of Peter Vezey and his wife, Lottie,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001557/19260410/062/0003|title=Accident|work=Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser|page=3|date=10 April 1926|access-date=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> he was born at [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] in January 1901. He was educated at [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College|Haileybury]], before going up to the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy at Woolwich]]. From there, he graduated as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Engineers]] and was later attached to the [[Bombay Engineer Group|Royal Bombay Sappers]] in [[British India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk/vezeys-in-and-out-of-box.html|title=Vezey Family: Branches In and Out of Box|website=www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk|accessdate=31 December 2023}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in July 1922.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32730|date=18 July 1922|page=5359}}</ref> Whilst in India, Vezey made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Sikhs cricket team|Sikhs]] and the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] in the 1925–26 [[Lahore Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14803/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Walter Vezey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 49 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 21,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14803/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Vezey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> while with the ball, he took 3 wickets at an [[bowling average|average]] of 19.33.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14803/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Walter Vezey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> While a passenger on 4 April 1926 aboard a [[Airco DH.9A|DH.9A]] of [[No. 60 Squadron RAF]] flown by Pilot Officer David John Lloyd, Vezey was killed when the aircraft crashed in the [[North-West Frontier Province]]; the pilot was also killed in the crash.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19260407/032/0002|title=Fatal Indian crash|work=[[News Letter|Belfast News-Letter]]|page=2|date=7 April 1926|access-date=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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