George Street - "He was riding a motor-cycle and, in endeavouring to avoid a lorry at a cross-roads, crashed into a wall and died immediately." Apparently, pressed the accelerator instead of the brake.
Ted McDonald - Australian Test player. Car collided with another car near Bolton. Was run over by a passing car while standing on the road.
Reggie Northway - "car overturned on the A6 road at Kibworth, Leicestershire. Northway was flung from the car and killed, his body being found in a roadside ditch." The same accident ended the career of Fred Bakewell
Jack Iddon - English Test player
Collie Smith-West indian Test player
Hugo Yarnold Record-breaking wicketkeeper and Test umpire
Richard Edmunds Fast bowler from Rutland, played a couple of times for Leicestershire in 1989 and for England Youth Test side
Ben Hollioake - English Test player
Dhruv Pandove [1] - Indian first-class player
Suryaveer Singh [2] - Indian first-class player, brother of Test player Hanumant Singh
Keki Tarapore - Indian Test player
Alec Bedser, South African first class cricketer and twin brother of Eric Bedser - they were named after the English cricketing twins of the same name.
Donald Pringle, father of Derek. Played ODIs for East Africa in the 1975 World Cup.
Clem Hill, suffered head injuries due to a fall while trying to board a tram in the corner of Queen and Collins street on May 17, 1945. In the Royal Melbourne Hospital, he was taken off the "danger list" ten days later. But a heart condition developed and he died on September 5.
Stanley Jackson, run over by a taxi. Died some while afterwards, but allegedly never recovered.
Govind Chauhan, father of Rajesh Chauhan, scooter accident.
Wisden 1966 reported that Wally Hammond died aged 62 "from an illness due in great part to severe injuries suffered in a motor accident five years earlier".
[3] reports Ron Oxenham did not recover from road accident injuries
Laurie Williams - West Indian first-class player (also played ODIs for West Indies) car crash
C.N.Bruce (Lord Aberdare) died after his car left a road and fell into a river in Yugoslavia
Ian Cromb - New Zealand Test player
Manjural Islam Rana - Bangladesh Test player
Stanley de Silva, Sri Lankan first-class player, also played ODIs in the 1979 World Cup. Died aged 23-147, motor cycle accident [4]
Anthony Rohrs, car accident
Masood Salahuddin, [6], aged 90
Albert Frederick "Spinney" Lane. Car came off the road and hit a hedge near Stratford upon Avon
Mark McPhee "four-wheel-drive collided with a road train carrying milk near Gingin, north of Perth"
Vic Jackson killed in a motor-car accident in Australia
Shervan Prag [ citation needed]
Reg Bettington "his car fell 100 feet on to a railway line"
Malcolm Walker, died in a motorcycle accident
Tiger Lance, died four weeks after being seriously injured in a road accident
Peter Barrett, died in a moped accident in Everton, Hampshire on 28 October 1983.
George Shaw, died in a car accident outside Port Pirie, South Australia on 2 August 1984.
MP Dastur, motor cycle accident
Runako Morton - West Indian Test player, also ODIs
Kishore Bhikane two-wheeler hit by a truck
AJW Bavin, not fcc, Aug 6, 1956, aged 60
Saleem Pervez, one ODI for Pakistan in 1980
Merrick Elderton, hit by a cyclist near to his home in Sherborne, fell on the road and died of head injuries.
Aubrey Sharp, after a car accident
Brian Swift (cricketer), Cambridge University wicketkeeper in 1957 University Match, killed in car accident March 1958
Robert Baynton, died in hospital from a fractured skull after an accident that also killed his brother
Joe Filliston - umpired at Lord's at the age of 100. Knocked down by a motor scooter at 102.
Sripal Silva died on February 27, 2020 died "from injuries sustained in a motor accident some time ago"
Robin Buckston, collapsed and died at the wheel of his car near Burton on Trent
Ramnath Parkar, his scooter was hit by a bus. Died after being in a coma for 43 months.
Najeeb Tarakai, Afghan T20I and ODI player, hit by a car while crossing the road.
Amien Variawa, head on collision, accident in Azadville near Johannesburg on 31/12/1985
Harry Freeman - died in a motorcycle crash near Portsmouth Arms railway station in 1926
Rudi Koertzen, Test umpire.
Barlow Carkeek, struck by a car while crossing the road in rain
See List of cricketers who were murdered
Shahabuddin murdered in his village in 1948.
(wherein the curious will find the answer to Q268 of the Cricket Quiz)
Flight-Lieut Jack Holmes (capt) Hugh Bartlett John Brocklebank Billy Griffith Roger Human Bob Wyatt Emrys Davies Tom Dollery Harold Gimblett George Pope John Langridge Gerald Mobey Stan Nichols Jack Parker Peter Smith Arthur Wellard
Tests to be played at Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
Holmes, Bartlett, Brocklebank, Human, Davies, Langridge, Mobey and Parker never played Test cricket.
The manager was to have been Lieut.-Col. C.B. Rubie; in the event, Col. Rubie died on 3 November, 1939 after an operation, so his participation must have been doubtful.
Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | No Dec | 1st inn
lead match L |
1st inn
lead match D |
Points |
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Pts | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | – |
=1 | Lancashire | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 220 |
=1 | Surrey | 28 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 220 |
3 | Yorkshire | 28 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 200 |
4 | Warwickshire | 28 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 132 |
5 | Derbyshire | 28 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 124 |
6 | Worcestershire | 28 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 114 |
=7 | Gloucestershire | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 112 |
=7 | Somerset | 28 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 112 |
9 | Kent | 28 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 108 |
10 | Northamptonshire | 28 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 104 |
11 | Glamorgan | 28 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 100 |
12 | Hampshire | 28 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 |
13 | Sussex | 28 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 92 |
14 | Middlesex | 28 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 84 |
15 | Nottinghamshire | 28 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 68 |
16 | Leicestershire | 28 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 64 |
17 | Essex | 28 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 60 |
Promoted: Dundee United, Clydebank
Relegated: Johnstone, Forfar Athletic
1963 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average | ||||||
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Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
Gary Sobers | 34 | 1333 | 112 | 47.60 | 4 | |
Mike Smith | 39 | 1566 | 144* | 47.45 | 3 | |
Geoff Boycott | 43 | 1628 | 165* | 45.22 | 3 | |
Basil Butcher | 34 | 1294 | 133 | 44.62 | 2 | |
Conrad Hunte | 37 | 1367 | 182 | 44.09 | 3 | |
Clive Inman | 51 | 1708 | 120* | 42.70 | 1 | |
Brian Bolus | 57 | 2190 | 202* | 41.32 | 5 | |
Ken Barrington | 45 | 1568 | 110* | 41.26 | 2 |
1963 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate | ||||||
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Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
Brian Bolus | 57 | 2190 | 202* | 41.32 | 5 | |
Peter Richardson | 56 | 2110 | 172 | 39.07 | 5 | |
John Edrich | 55 | 1921 | 125 | 40.02 | 2 | |
Alan Jones | 58 | 1857 | 187* | 34.38 | 3 | |
Ken Suttle | 57 | 1854 | 141 | 34.98 | 3 |
1963 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average | ||||||
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Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
Charlie Griffith | 4208 | 192 | 1527 | 119 | 12.83 | |
Fred Trueman | 5067 | 206 | 1955 | 129 | 15.15 | |
Ken Palmer | 6113 | 289 | 2234 | 139 | 16.07 | |
Alan Moss | 3857 | 249 | 1355 | 84 | 16.13 | |
David Sydenham | 4915 | 239 | 1753 | 108 | 16.23 | |
Brian Statham | 4746 | 168 | 1874 | 113 | 16.58 |
1964 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate | ||||||
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Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
Derek Shackleton | 8325 | 583 | 2446 | 146 | 16.75 | |
Barry Knight | 6743 | 207 | 3042 | 140 | 21.72 | |
Ken Palmer | 6113 | 289 | 2234 | 139 | 16.07 | |
Fred Trueman | 5067 | 206 | 1955 | 129 | 15.15 | |
Don Shepherd | 7713 | 540 | 2373 | 126 | 18.83 |
1930 English cricket season - leading bowlers by average | ||||||
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Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
Hedley Verity | 2437 | 154 | 795 | 64 | 12.42 | |
Charlie Parker | 6099 | 301 | 2299 | 179 | 12.84 | |
Dick Tyldesley | 6313 | 352 | 2263 | 140 | 16.16 | |
Harold Larwood | 3726 | 124 | 1622 | 99 | 16.38 | |
Frank Booth | 1131 | 47 | 432 | 26 | 16.61 |
Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | No Dec | 1st inn
lead match L |
1st inn
lead match D |
Points |
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Pts | – | – | 12 | – | – | 6 | – | 4 | 4 | – |
1 | Middlesex | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 236 |
2 | Gloucestershire | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 216 |
3 | Lancashire | 26 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 186 |
4 | Kent | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 172 |
5 | Derbyshire | 26 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 160 |
6 | Surrey | 26 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 140 |
=7 | Worcestershire | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 120 |
=7 | Yorkshire | 26 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 120 |
=9 | Glamorgan | 26 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 116 |
=9 | Sussex | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 116 |
=11 | Essex | 26 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 100 |
=11 | Nottinghamshire | 26 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 100 |
=11 | Somerset | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
14 | Leicestershire | 26 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 92 |
15 | Warwickshire | 26 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 84 |
16 | Hampshire | 26 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 78 |
17 | Northamptonshire | 26 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 54 |
Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Clyde | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 71 | 32 | 39 | 53 |
2 | Raith Rovers | 39 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 63 | 34 | 29 | 53 |
3 | Dunfermline Ath | 39 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 64 | 41 | 23 | 48 |
4 | Berwick Rangers | 39 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 68 | 51 | 17 | 48 |
5 | Falkirk | 39 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 44 |
6 | Forfar Athletic | 39 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 55 | 6 | 42 |
7 | Queen's Park | 39 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 41 |
8 | Albion Rovers | 39 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 40 |
9 | East Stirlingshire | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 65 | -10 | 38 |
10 | Cowdenbeath | 39 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 75 | 78 | -3 | 34 |
11 | Stranraer | 39 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 63 | -9 | 33 |
12 | Stenhousemuir | 39 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 67 | -24 | 30 |
13 | Meadowbank Thistle | 39 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 89 | -46 | 22 |
14 | Brechin City | 39 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 45 | 73 | -28 | 20 |
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Full name | Harold Cooper Pretty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fressingfield, Suffolk, England | 23 October 1875||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 May 1952 Kettering, Northamptonshire, England | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1906–1907 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 7 August 1899 Surrey v Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 30 August 1907 Northamptonshire v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lord Hawke ( Captain) | Yorkshire | 16 August 1860 (aged 34) | Right-handed | – | [1] |
Gerald Bardswell | Lancashire | 7 December 1873 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium pace | [2] |
Lawrence Bathurst | Middlesex | 4 June 1871 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium pace | [3] |
Charles de Trafford | Leicestershire | 21 May 1864 (aged 30) | Right-handed | – | [4] |
Ledger Hill | Hampshire | 26 July 1871 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm underarm | [5] |
George Hillyard | Leicestershire | 6 February 1864 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | [6] |
Robert Lucas | Middlesex | 17 July 1867 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium pace | [7] |
Kenneth McAlpine | – | 11 April 1858 (aged 36) | Right-handed | – | [8] |
Gerald Mordaunt | Kent | 20 January 1873 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm underarm slow | [9] |
Sandford Robinson | Nottinghamshire | 5 February 1868 (aged 26) | Right-handed | (Wicketkeeper) | [10] |
William Whitwell | – | 12 December 1867 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | [11] |
Charles Wright | Nottinghamshire | 27 May 1863 (aged 31) | Right-handed | (Wicketkeeper) | [12] |
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If you put "Yeabsley" and "Harlequins" into the search engine for The Times you come up with a single reference showing D. I. Yeabsley playing at No 6 for Harlequins against Birkenhead Park in March 1967, and scoring a try in a 17–5 victory.<ref>{{cite news| title = Solid tackling fails to stop Harlequins | newspaper = [[The Times]] | subscription = yes |issue = 56846 | page = 5 | location = London | date = 23 January 1967 }}</ref> If you put "Yeabsley" and "Saracens" into the same search engine, there's again a single reference, this time recording Yeabsley, described as "the Saracens flank forward", replacing a fellow Saracens player in the Hertfordshire county XV.<ref>{{cite news| title = Rugby Union: Internationals return for Surrey| newspaper = [[The Times]] | subscription = yes |issue = 58037 | page = 15 | location = London | date = 1 December 1970}}</ref>
George Street - "He was riding a motor-cycle and, in endeavouring to avoid a lorry at a cross-roads, crashed into a wall and died immediately." Apparently, pressed the accelerator instead of the brake.
Ted McDonald - Australian Test player. Car collided with another car near Bolton. Was run over by a passing car while standing on the road.
Reggie Northway - "car overturned on the A6 road at Kibworth, Leicestershire. Northway was flung from the car and killed, his body being found in a roadside ditch." The same accident ended the career of Fred Bakewell
Jack Iddon - English Test player
Collie Smith-West indian Test player
Hugo Yarnold Record-breaking wicketkeeper and Test umpire
Richard Edmunds Fast bowler from Rutland, played a couple of times for Leicestershire in 1989 and for England Youth Test side
Ben Hollioake - English Test player
Dhruv Pandove [1] - Indian first-class player
Suryaveer Singh [2] - Indian first-class player, brother of Test player Hanumant Singh
Keki Tarapore - Indian Test player
Alec Bedser, South African first class cricketer and twin brother of Eric Bedser - they were named after the English cricketing twins of the same name.
Donald Pringle, father of Derek. Played ODIs for East Africa in the 1975 World Cup.
Clem Hill, suffered head injuries due to a fall while trying to board a tram in the corner of Queen and Collins street on May 17, 1945. In the Royal Melbourne Hospital, he was taken off the "danger list" ten days later. But a heart condition developed and he died on September 5.
Stanley Jackson, run over by a taxi. Died some while afterwards, but allegedly never recovered.
Govind Chauhan, father of Rajesh Chauhan, scooter accident.
Wisden 1966 reported that Wally Hammond died aged 62 "from an illness due in great part to severe injuries suffered in a motor accident five years earlier".
[3] reports Ron Oxenham did not recover from road accident injuries
Laurie Williams - West Indian first-class player (also played ODIs for West Indies) car crash
C.N.Bruce (Lord Aberdare) died after his car left a road and fell into a river in Yugoslavia
Ian Cromb - New Zealand Test player
Manjural Islam Rana - Bangladesh Test player
Stanley de Silva, Sri Lankan first-class player, also played ODIs in the 1979 World Cup. Died aged 23-147, motor cycle accident [4]
Anthony Rohrs, car accident
Masood Salahuddin, [6], aged 90
Albert Frederick "Spinney" Lane. Car came off the road and hit a hedge near Stratford upon Avon
Mark McPhee "four-wheel-drive collided with a road train carrying milk near Gingin, north of Perth"
Vic Jackson killed in a motor-car accident in Australia
Shervan Prag [ citation needed]
Reg Bettington "his car fell 100 feet on to a railway line"
Malcolm Walker, died in a motorcycle accident
Tiger Lance, died four weeks after being seriously injured in a road accident
Peter Barrett, died in a moped accident in Everton, Hampshire on 28 October 1983.
George Shaw, died in a car accident outside Port Pirie, South Australia on 2 August 1984.
MP Dastur, motor cycle accident
Runako Morton - West Indian Test player, also ODIs
Kishore Bhikane two-wheeler hit by a truck
AJW Bavin, not fcc, Aug 6, 1956, aged 60
Saleem Pervez, one ODI for Pakistan in 1980
Merrick Elderton, hit by a cyclist near to his home in Sherborne, fell on the road and died of head injuries.
Aubrey Sharp, after a car accident
Brian Swift (cricketer), Cambridge University wicketkeeper in 1957 University Match, killed in car accident March 1958
Robert Baynton, died in hospital from a fractured skull after an accident that also killed his brother
Joe Filliston - umpired at Lord's at the age of 100. Knocked down by a motor scooter at 102.
Sripal Silva died on February 27, 2020 died "from injuries sustained in a motor accident some time ago"
Robin Buckston, collapsed and died at the wheel of his car near Burton on Trent
Ramnath Parkar, his scooter was hit by a bus. Died after being in a coma for 43 months.
Najeeb Tarakai, Afghan T20I and ODI player, hit by a car while crossing the road.
Amien Variawa, head on collision, accident in Azadville near Johannesburg on 31/12/1985
Harry Freeman - died in a motorcycle crash near Portsmouth Arms railway station in 1926
Rudi Koertzen, Test umpire.
Barlow Carkeek, struck by a car while crossing the road in rain
See List of cricketers who were murdered
Shahabuddin murdered in his village in 1948.
(wherein the curious will find the answer to Q268 of the Cricket Quiz)
Flight-Lieut Jack Holmes (capt) Hugh Bartlett John Brocklebank Billy Griffith Roger Human Bob Wyatt Emrys Davies Tom Dollery Harold Gimblett George Pope John Langridge Gerald Mobey Stan Nichols Jack Parker Peter Smith Arthur Wellard
Tests to be played at Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
Holmes, Bartlett, Brocklebank, Human, Davies, Langridge, Mobey and Parker never played Test cricket.
The manager was to have been Lieut.-Col. C.B. Rubie; in the event, Col. Rubie died on 3 November, 1939 after an operation, so his participation must have been doubtful.
Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | No Dec | 1st inn
lead match L |
1st inn
lead match D |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pts | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | – |
=1 | Lancashire | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 220 |
=1 | Surrey | 28 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 220 |
3 | Yorkshire | 28 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 200 |
4 | Warwickshire | 28 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 132 |
5 | Derbyshire | 28 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 124 |
6 | Worcestershire | 28 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 114 |
=7 | Gloucestershire | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 112 |
=7 | Somerset | 28 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 112 |
9 | Kent | 28 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 108 |
10 | Northamptonshire | 28 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 104 |
11 | Glamorgan | 28 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 100 |
12 | Hampshire | 28 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 |
13 | Sussex | 28 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 92 |
14 | Middlesex | 28 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 84 |
15 | Nottinghamshire | 28 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 68 |
16 | Leicestershire | 28 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 64 |
17 | Essex | 28 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 60 |
Promoted: Dundee United, Clydebank
Relegated: Johnstone, Forfar Athletic
1963 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average | ||||||
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Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
Gary Sobers | 34 | 1333 | 112 | 47.60 | 4 | |
Mike Smith | 39 | 1566 | 144* | 47.45 | 3 | |
Geoff Boycott | 43 | 1628 | 165* | 45.22 | 3 | |
Basil Butcher | 34 | 1294 | 133 | 44.62 | 2 | |
Conrad Hunte | 37 | 1367 | 182 | 44.09 | 3 | |
Clive Inman | 51 | 1708 | 120* | 42.70 | 1 | |
Brian Bolus | 57 | 2190 | 202* | 41.32 | 5 | |
Ken Barrington | 45 | 1568 | 110* | 41.26 | 2 |
1963 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate | ||||||
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Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
Brian Bolus | 57 | 2190 | 202* | 41.32 | 5 | |
Peter Richardson | 56 | 2110 | 172 | 39.07 | 5 | |
John Edrich | 55 | 1921 | 125 | 40.02 | 2 | |
Alan Jones | 58 | 1857 | 187* | 34.38 | 3 | |
Ken Suttle | 57 | 1854 | 141 | 34.98 | 3 |
1963 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
Charlie Griffith | 4208 | 192 | 1527 | 119 | 12.83 | |
Fred Trueman | 5067 | 206 | 1955 | 129 | 15.15 | |
Ken Palmer | 6113 | 289 | 2234 | 139 | 16.07 | |
Alan Moss | 3857 | 249 | 1355 | 84 | 16.13 | |
David Sydenham | 4915 | 239 | 1753 | 108 | 16.23 | |
Brian Statham | 4746 | 168 | 1874 | 113 | 16.58 |
1964 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate | ||||||
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Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
Derek Shackleton | 8325 | 583 | 2446 | 146 | 16.75 | |
Barry Knight | 6743 | 207 | 3042 | 140 | 21.72 | |
Ken Palmer | 6113 | 289 | 2234 | 139 | 16.07 | |
Fred Trueman | 5067 | 206 | 1955 | 129 | 15.15 | |
Don Shepherd | 7713 | 540 | 2373 | 126 | 18.83 |
1930 English cricket season - leading bowlers by average | ||||||
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Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
Hedley Verity | 2437 | 154 | 795 | 64 | 12.42 | |
Charlie Parker | 6099 | 301 | 2299 | 179 | 12.84 | |
Dick Tyldesley | 6313 | 352 | 2263 | 140 | 16.16 | |
Harold Larwood | 3726 | 124 | 1622 | 99 | 16.38 | |
Frank Booth | 1131 | 47 | 432 | 26 | 16.61 |
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1 | Middlesex | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 236 |
2 | Gloucestershire | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 216 |
3 | Lancashire | 26 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 186 |
4 | Kent | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 172 |
5 | Derbyshire | 26 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 160 |
6 | Surrey | 26 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 140 |
=7 | Worcestershire | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 120 |
=7 | Yorkshire | 26 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 120 |
=9 | Glamorgan | 26 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 116 |
=9 | Sussex | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 116 |
=11 | Essex | 26 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 100 |
=11 | Nottinghamshire | 26 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 100 |
=11 | Somerset | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
14 | Leicestershire | 26 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 92 |
15 | Warwickshire | 26 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 84 |
16 | Hampshire | 26 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 78 |
17 | Northamptonshire | 26 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 54 |
Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Points |
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1 | Clyde | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 71 | 32 | 39 | 53 |
2 | Raith Rovers | 39 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 63 | 34 | 29 | 53 |
3 | Dunfermline Ath | 39 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 64 | 41 | 23 | 48 |
4 | Berwick Rangers | 39 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 68 | 51 | 17 | 48 |
5 | Falkirk | 39 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 44 |
6 | Forfar Athletic | 39 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 55 | 6 | 42 |
7 | Queen's Park | 39 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 41 |
8 | Albion Rovers | 39 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 40 |
9 | East Stirlingshire | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 65 | -10 | 38 |
10 | Cowdenbeath | 39 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 75 | 78 | -3 | 34 |
11 | Stranraer | 39 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 63 | -9 | 33 |
12 | Stenhousemuir | 39 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 67 | -24 | 30 |
13 | Meadowbank Thistle | 39 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 89 | -46 | 22 |
14 | Brechin City | 39 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 45 | 73 | -28 | 20 |
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Full name | Harold Cooper Pretty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fressingfield, Suffolk, England | 23 October 1875||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 May 1952 Kettering, Northamptonshire, England | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1899 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1906–1907 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 7 August 1899 Surrey v Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 30 August 1907 Northamptonshire v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lord Hawke ( Captain) | Yorkshire | 16 August 1860 (aged 34) | Right-handed | – | [1] |
Gerald Bardswell | Lancashire | 7 December 1873 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium pace | [2] |
Lawrence Bathurst | Middlesex | 4 June 1871 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium pace | [3] |
Charles de Trafford | Leicestershire | 21 May 1864 (aged 30) | Right-handed | – | [4] |
Ledger Hill | Hampshire | 26 July 1871 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm underarm | [5] |
George Hillyard | Leicestershire | 6 February 1864 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | [6] |
Robert Lucas | Middlesex | 17 July 1867 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium pace | [7] |
Kenneth McAlpine | – | 11 April 1858 (aged 36) | Right-handed | – | [8] |
Gerald Mordaunt | Kent | 20 January 1873 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm underarm slow | [9] |
Sandford Robinson | Nottinghamshire | 5 February 1868 (aged 26) | Right-handed | (Wicketkeeper) | [10] |
William Whitwell | – | 12 December 1867 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | [11] |
Charles Wright | Nottinghamshire | 27 May 1863 (aged 31) | Right-handed | (Wicketkeeper) | [12] |
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If you put "Yeabsley" and "Harlequins" into the search engine for The Times you come up with a single reference showing D. I. Yeabsley playing at No 6 for Harlequins against Birkenhead Park in March 1967, and scoring a try in a 17–5 victory.<ref>{{cite news| title = Solid tackling fails to stop Harlequins | newspaper = [[The Times]] | subscription = yes |issue = 56846 | page = 5 | location = London | date = 23 January 1967 }}</ref> If you put "Yeabsley" and "Saracens" into the same search engine, there's again a single reference, this time recording Yeabsley, described as "the Saracens flank forward", replacing a fellow Saracens player in the Hertfordshire county XV.<ref>{{cite news| title = Rugby Union: Internationals return for Surrey| newspaper = [[The Times]] | subscription = yes |issue = 58037 | page = 15 | location = London | date = 1 December 1970}}</ref>