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1872 English Cricket Season
In the 1872 cricket season, the first experiment in pitch covering was carried out. Prince's Cricket Ground opened in Chelsea, London. Playing record (by county) Leading batsmen (qualification 15 innings) Leading bowlers (qualification 800 balls) Events * An experiment took place at Lord's to study the effects of covering the pitch before the start of a match, the first time this is known to have been tried. Unlike the recently introduced heavy roller which became universally used by 1880 and produced significant changes in the game by eliminating previously ubiquitous shooters, covering was for a long time severely rejected in England: it was the wet summer of 1924 before covering as regular practice was even considered and 1959 before it was considered "acceptable". * 14 May: MCC lose seven wickets before their first run is scored on a sticky wicket at Lord's against James Southerton and William Marten of Surrey. Their ninth wicket falls at 8 - which would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Charlwood
Henry Rupert James Charlwood (19 December 1846 – 6 June 1888) played cricket professionally for England in the first two Test matches ever played, against Australia in 1877. He played for Sussex from 1865 to 1882. Life and career Harry Charlwood was a top-order batsman and occasional lob bowler who was one of Sussex's leading players in a lean period for the club. His highest score in first-class cricket was 155 for Players of the South against Gentlemen of the South in 1869. His highest score for Sussex was 123 in the victory over Kent in 1876, when no one else on either side reached 50. He also played many minor matches for the United South of England Eleven between 1866 and 1880. Charlwood toured with James Lillywhite's team on the first cricket tour of Australia that included Test matches. Australia won the toss for the First Test and elected to bat. When England batted he joined Harry Jupp (16 not out) when England were 23 for 1. He and Jupp put on 56 runs for the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack
''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a review for the '' London Mercury''. In October 2013, an all-time Test World XI was announced to mark the 150th anniversary of ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack''. In 1998, an Australian edition of ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' was launched. It ran for eight editions. In 2012, an Indian edition of ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' was launched (dated 2013), entitled ''Wisden India Almanack'', that has been edited by Suresh Menon since its inception. History ''Wisden'' was founded in 1864 by the English cricketer John Wisden (1826–84) as a competitor to Fred Lillywhite's '' The Guide to Cricketers''. Its annual publication has continued uninterrupted to the present day, making it the longest running sports annual in history. The sixth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 English Cricket Season
1924 was the 31st season of County Championship cricket in England. Yorkshire secured a hat-trick of titles. England, in their first home series since 1921, proved too strong for South Africa and won the Test series 3–0. Honours *County Championship - Yorkshire *Minor Counties Championship - Berkshire *Wisden Cricketers of the Year - Robert Catterall, Jack MacBryan, Herbie Taylor, Dick Tyldesley, Dodger Whysall County Championship Test series England defeated South Africa 3–0 with two matches drawn. There was a sensational start to the series when the visitors were bowled out in their first innings in the First Test at Edgbaston for 30, in just 12.3 overs, after England had made over 400. Arthur Gilligan, the Sussex and England captain, and his county colleague Maurice Tate, making his Test debut, bowled unchanged, with the former taking 6/7 and the latter 4/12. Leading batsmen Andy Sandham topped the averages with 2082 runs with an average of 59.48. Leading bowlers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooter (cricket)
This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of cricket. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics. Certain aspects of cricket terminology are explained in more detail in cricket statistics and the naming of fielding positions is explained at fielding (cricket). Cricket is known for its rich terminology.''Glossary of cricket terms'' from the England Cricket Board retrieved 13 May 2008Cricket Academy – Glossary from BBC News retrieved 13 May 2008 Some terms are often thought to be arcane and humorous by those not familiar with the game. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Roller
The roller is an agricultural tool used for flattening land or breaking up large clumps of soil, especially after ploughing or disc harrowing. Typically, rollers are pulled by tractors or, prior to mechanisation, a team of animals such as horses or oxen. As well as for agricultural purposes, rollers are used on cricket pitches and residential lawn areas. Flatter land makes subsequent weed control and harvesting easier, and rolling can help to reduce moisture loss from cultivated soil. On lawns, rolling levels the land for mowing and compacts the soil surface. Rollers may be weighted in different ways. For many uses a heavy roller is used. These may consist of one or more cylinders made of thick steel, a thinner steel cylinder filled with concrete, or a cylinder filled with water. A water-filled roller has the advantage that the water may be drained out for lighter use or for transport. In frost-prone areas a water filled roller must be drained for winter storage to avoid break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland Bowen
Major Rowland Francis Bowen (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a cricket researcher, historian and writer. Educated at Westminster School, Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the Indian Army. He spent many years in Egypt, Sudan and India before returning to England in 1951 and joining the Royal Engineers as a Captain, working at the War Office and ultimately being promoted to the rank of Major. He later worked for the Joint Intelligence Bureau, part of Britain's military intelligence establishment. He became involved in cricket research and history in 1958 and, in 1963, he founded the magazine ''The Cricket Quarterly'' which ran until 1970.''The Cricketer'' 1978 – obituary. He is best known for his book ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World'' (1970) which has been described as "indispensable" but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging". In John Arlott's rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the European Cricket Council (ECC) and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC). Lord's is widely referred to as the ''Home of Cricket'' and is home to the world's oldest sporting museum. Lord's today is not on its original site; it is the third of three grounds that Lord established between 1787 and 1814. His first ground, now referred to as Lord's Old Ground, was where Dorset Square now stands. His second ground, Lord's Middle Ground, was used from 1811 to 1813 before being abandoned to make way for the construction through its outfield of the Regent's Canal. The present Lord's ground is about north-west of the site of the Middle Ground. The ground can hold 31,100 spectators, the capacity h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howitt
George Howitt (14 March 1843 – 19 December 1881) was an English first-class cricketer active 1865–76 who played for Middlesex and Nottinghamshire. He was born in Dunkirk, Nottingham Dunkirk is a residential area of Nottingham, England which is located to the south-east of the University of Nottingham and the Queen's Medical Centre. It is in the electoral ward of 'Dunkirk and Lenton', part of the Nottingham South constit ... and died in Nottingham. He played in 79 first-class matches as a lefthanded batsman, scoring 483 runs with a highest score of 49; and as a left-arm roundarm fast bowler, taking 348 wickets with a best performance of seven for 19. He was a cousin of England Test batsman William Scotton. References 1843 births 1881 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers North v South cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Players cricketers All-England Eleven cricketers United All-England Eleven crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Cricket Team
Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, has always held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). It was classified as a List A team in 1973 only. Home fixtures are played at the University Parks slightly northeast of Oxford city centre. History The earliest reference to cricket at Oxford is in 1673. OUCC made its known debut in the inaugural University Match between Oxford and Cambridge played in 1827. In terms of extant clubs being involved, this is the oldest major fixture in the world: i.e., although some inter-county fixtures are much older, none of the current county clubs were founded before 1839 (the oldest known current fixture is Kent ''versus'' Surrey). The Magdalen Ground was used for the University Cricket Club's first match in 1829, and remain in regular use until 1880. Bullingdon Green was used for two matches in 184 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Ridley
Arthur William Ridley (11 September 1852 – 10 August 1916) was an English first-class cricketer. Ridley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm medium pace. He also played occasionally as a wicket-keeper.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 468–469.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) Ridley was educated at Eton College, where he represented the college cricket team from 1870 to 1872, and at Christ Church, Oxford. Ridley made his first-class debut for Oxford University in 1872 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. He represented the university in 18 first-class matches from 1872 to 1875, with his final match against Cambridge University at Lord's. In his 18 matches for the University Ridley scored 459 runs at a batting average of 18.36, with two half centuries and a highest score of 81 against the Gentlemen of England in 1874. With the bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Buchanan (cricketer)
David Buchanan (16 January 1830 – 30 May 1900) was an English amateur cricketer who played mainly as a bowler and who had two careers separated in an unusual manner by a long period out of the first-class game. He was born at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, and died at Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Biography Buchanan, despite his very short stature (compared by a later review to Tich Freeman) played as a round-arm fast bowler, for Rugby and Cambridge University, where he was at Clare College, but his results were considered unsatisfactory and his quickly-acquired reputation among the historically worst “rabbits” with the bat caused him to be dropped before the 1851 University match. For the following twelve years, Buchanan worked as secretary and treasurer of the Rugby Club and bowled with moderate success in club cricket until an unusual incident at Old Trafford (then a new ground) caused him to develop the spin bowling that gave him, like contemporary professional J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
