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Bill Buck (cricketer)
William Dalton Buck (born 30 September 1946) is a former English first-class cricketer. Buck was born in the Southampton suburb of Portswood in September 1946. He was educated at Clayesmore School and later St Luke's Campus, St Luke's College. Buck represented both Hampshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire and Somerset County Cricket Club, Somerset in 1969. He made his first-class cricket, first-class debut, playing for Somerset in June 1969, against the touring West Indies cricket team, West Indians at County Ground, Taunton, Taunton. In this match, he took his only wickets in first-class cricket, dismissing Test cricketers Roy Fredericks and Joey Carew. Two months later, he represented Hampshire against the touring New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealanders at County Ground, Southampton, Southampton. He remains the only cricketer to play against two different touring teams in the same season, for two different counties. He would not feature in first-class cricket again a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Portsmouth and the towns of Havant, Waterlooville, Eastleigh, Fareham and Gosport. A major port, and close to the New Forest, it lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City . Southampton was the departure point for the and home to 500 of the people who perished on board. The Spitfire was built in the city and Southampton has a strong association with the ''Mayflower'', being the departure point before the vessel was forced to return to Plymouth. In the past century, the city was one of Europe's main ports for ocean liners and more recently, Southampton is known as the home port of some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
