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5 unusual facts about Jake Seamer


George Woodhouse

In 1948, Somerset struggled to find a full-time captain, and Woodhouse officially shared the job with Mandy Mitchell-Innes and Jake Seamer, though at least two other players captained the side for occasional matches.

Jake Seamer

By 1948 Seamer had risen to be the district commissioner for Khartoum North.

He served as mayor of Marlborough twice, and as a justice of the peace, and was awarded Freedom of the City in 2001.

On the completion of his extra year learning Arabic at Oxford, Seamer joined the Sudan Political Service.

Jack Meyer had reluctantly captained the side in 1947, but stepped down at the end of the season: he was having problems with his sight, and required daily painkillers for lumbago.



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