Christopher Seager
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| Full name | Christopher Paul Seager | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1951 Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Michael Seager (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Christopher Paul Seager (born 5 April 1951) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He became a civil engineer in Zimbabwe.
Career
[edit]Seager was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe), and educated at Peterhouse Boys' School.[1] He later attended Jesus College, Cambridge, where he made his first-class debut as a right-handed batsman for Cambridge University against Leicestershire in 1971. He made seven further first-class appearances for the university in 1971.[2] His most successful match for Cambridge was his last, the 1971 University Match: he scored 23 and 19 and ran out two Oxford batsmen with his accurate throws from the field.[1][3] Seager also played four matches for Berkshire in the 1970 Minor Counties Championship.[4]
Seager returned to Zimbabwe. He represented Zimbabwe Country Districts in several non-first-class matches against touring international teams in the 1980s.[5]
A civil engineer, Seager has worked in the construction and mining industries in Zimbabwe for more than 40 years, including six years as an engineer with the Ministry of Roads. As of 2025, he is an operations manager with the construction company Bitumen World.[6] Also as of 2025, he serves on the board of governors for the Peterhouse Group of Schools.[7]
His brother, Michael, was also a first-class cricketer in Zimbabwe.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wisden 1972, pp. 352–53.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Christopher Seager". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Oxford University v Cambridge University 1971". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Christopher Seager". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Christopher Seager". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Meet the Team". Bitumen World (PVT) Ltd. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Board of Governors 2023/2024". Peterhouse Group of Schools. Retrieved 7 September 2025.