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Bernard Meakin
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Born	5 March 1885; Stone, Staffordshire, England
Died	17 February 1964 (aged 78); Dunsfold, Surrey, England
Batting	Left-handed
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1906	Gloucestershire
	Source: Cricinfo, 30 March 2014

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Bernard Meakin (5 March 1885 – 17 February 1964) was an English cricketer. He played eight matches of first-class cricket between 1906 and 1922.^[1]

Educated at Clifton College, Meakin was a left-handed batsman who played for Staffordshire from 1904 to 1922, captaining the team from 1911 to 1922.^[2] He was a member of the first Minor Counties composite team to play a first-class match, against the touring South Africans in 1912.^[3]

Meakin was a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps in the First World War, serving in France.^[4]

References

^ "Bernard Meakin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^ "Wisden Obituaries in 1964". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "Minor Counties v South Africans 1912". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

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[Cricinfo-1] "Bernard Meakin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

[2] "Wisden Obituaries in 1964". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[3] "Minor Counties v South Africans 1912". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[4] "British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

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