deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column role source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls & ndash ; 3 february 1980 1 6/1 jack holmes -lrb- father -rrb- 1950 & ndash ; 1951 2012 24 february 1924 & ndash ; england breuil-cervinia , aosta , italy sussex & ndash ; right-handed john rodney reay holmes hollington , sussex , england first-class wicket-keeper http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14917.html cricinfo 1924 2 24 yes 41 & ndash ; & ndash ; / & ndash ; 3 rodney holmes

rodney holmes

john rodney reay holmes -lrb- 24 april 1924 -- 3 february 1980 -rrb- was an english cricketer .
holmes was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper .
he was born at hollington , sussex , and educated at repton school .
after leaving repton school , holmes enlisted as a war sub in the war effort with the rifle brigade in 1943 .
in april 1944 , he gained the temporary rank of lieutenant , while following the war he was granted the full rank of 2nd lieutenant in march 1946 , with seniority back to 7 april 1945 .
in october 1946 , holmes was granted the rank of lieutenant .
holmes later made his first-class debut for the free foresters against oxford university in 1949 .
the following season he made his first-class debut for sussex against oxford university .
the presence of jim parks in the sussex squad limited holmes to just one further first-class appearance , in 1951 against oxford university .
all three of his first-class appearances came at oxford university 's university parks .
he scored 41 runs in his three innings , which came at an average of 10.25 , with a high score of 24 .
behind the stumps he took 6 catches and made a single stumping .
in may 1951 , holmes gained the rank of captain .
he retired from service on 16 august 1954 , upon which he was granted the honorary rank of major .
he died in an avalanche at breuil-cervinia in italy on 3 february 1980 , alongside three other british tourists .
his father , jack , also played first-class cricket for sussex .
