deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting name fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls & ndash ; 2 july 1916 1 & ndash ; / & ndash ; 1907 -- 1910 2014 20 march 1882 right-arm fast-medium & ndash ; england near beaumont-hamel , france somerset & ndash ; right-hand bat john hellard john alexander hellard stogumber , somerset , england first-class http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14151.html cricinfo 1882 3 20 yes 18 & ndash ; & ndash ; / & ndash ; 2 john hellard

john hellard

john alexander hellard -lrb- 20 march 1882 -- 2 july 1916 -rrb- played first-class cricket for somerset in 1907 and 1910 .
he was born at stogumber , somerset and died in the first world war fighting on the somme at beaumont hamel , france .
educated at king 's school , canterbury , hellard was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler , although he did not bowl in first-class cricket .
he played in two matches , both against worcestershire , one in 1907 at bath , the other in 1910 at worcester .
his highest first-class score was 15 in the 1907 game .
a second lieutenant in the somerset light infantry during the first world war , he was killed on the second day of the battle of the somme in 1916 and is commemorated at the serre road cemetery .
