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Arthur Day (Kent Cricketer)
Arthur Percival Day (10 April 1885 – 22 January 1969) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club during the period of the county's greatest success in the County Championship before World War I. He played in all four of Kent's Championship winning sides in the pre-war period and scored over 7,000 first-class cricket, first-class runs. He was chosen as one of the Cricketers of the Year in 1910. Early life Day was born at Blackheath, London, Blackheath in 1885, the youngest son of Sydney and Evelyn Day. His father was a wine merchant.Lewis P (2014) ''For Kent and Country'', pp.143–144. Brighton: Reveille Press. Day attended Shirley House School in Blackheath and Malvern College where he was in the cricket XI between 1901 and 1904, as captain in his last two years.Arth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord's
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
