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{{Short description|English cricketer and soldier (1876 – 1939)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = William van Someren
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = William Weymouth van Someren
| birth_date = 17 September 1876
| birth_place = [[Chennai|Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1939|6|16|1876|9|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = British India
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1910/11
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 27
| bat avg1 = 27.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 27
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 31 December
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/william-van-someren-35757 Cricinfo
}}

'''William Weymouth van Someren''' {{postnominal|DSO}} (17 September 1876 – 16 June 1939) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].

The son of the barrister Godlieb van Someren, he was born in [[British India]] at [[Chennai|Madras]] in September 1876. He was educated in England at [[Clifton College]],<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=Annals and Register, 1862–1912|first=Frank|last=Borwick|date=1912|page=283|publisher=[[J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd]]|location=[[Bristol]]|url=https://archive.org/details/b28994553/page/283|language=en}}</ref> before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College at Sandhurst]]. He graduated from there in August 1896 as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]], with a view to his appointment to the [[British Indian Army]] (BIA).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26764|date=4 August 1896|page=4445}}</ref> Shortly after his appointment to the BIA with the [[36th Sikhs]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26954|date=5 April 1898|page=2183}}</ref> van Someren transferred to the [[45th Rattray's Sikhs]] and served with them in the [[Tirah campaign]], where he was present at several of the campaigns engagements.<ref>{{cite book|title=The V. C. and D. S. O.|first1=Edith M.|last1=Humphris|first2=Sir O'Moore|last2=Creagh|date=1924|page=75|volume=2|publisher=Standard Art Book Company Limited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quZ4cyvlAzoC|language=en}}</ref> He was made a Companion to the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his actions during the campaign.<ref>{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=10990|date=24 May 1898|page=517}}</ref> Following the campaign, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in July 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27127|date=17 October 1899|page=6267}}</ref> with promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] following in August 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27845|date=17 October 1905|page=6935}}</ref>

Between 1903 and 1908, he was seconded to serve with the [[Burma Military Police]].<ref name="BOOK"/> In September 1910, van Someren made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the 1910–11 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Triangular Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14789/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William van Someren|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 27 runs in the Europeans first innings by [[Palwankar Baloo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8299.html|title=Europeans v Hindus, Bombay Triangular Tournament 1910/11 (Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> van Someren served in the [[First World War]] with the 45th Sikhs, during which he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in the opening weeks of the war.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28910|date=22 September 1914|page=7499}}</ref> He was wounded during the war,<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage, with the Knightage, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|first=John|last=Debrett|date=1931|page=2168|publisher=[[Dean & Son]]|location=[[London]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTcaAQAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> and was placed on the [[half-pay]] list in December 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29896|date=9 January 1917|page=391}}</ref> He would serve the remainder of the conflict with the [[War Office]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30819|date=26 July 1918|page=8987|supp=y}}</ref> van Someren died in India in June 1939.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=35757}}

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[[Category:1876 births]]
[[Category:1939 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Chennai]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Chennai]]
[[Category:People educated at Clifton College]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Tirah campaign]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]

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