[1] Yeabsley played a role in a victory for Minor Counties over the visiting Australian cricket team in 1977.
[2] He also played top class rugby union: "as a back-row forward for Harlequins for many years",[2] and, as a flanker, for Saracens and Hertfordshire.
A left-arm medium pace bowler and a left-handed tail end batsman, Yeabsley made his debut for Devon "in 1959, aged 17, while still at Exeter School, and continued for 31 seasons, a tribute to his durability and skill".
His first-class appearances were all made for the Minor Counties representative team against touring international opposition.
[7] Yeabsley has been described as "undoubtedly England's best amateur bowler of the seventies, bowling left-arm fast medium.