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Charles Dewé
This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC) in top-class matches since the club was first recorded in 1817. CUCC teams have always had important or first-class cricket status. Birley D (1999) ''A Social History of Cricket'', p.145. London: Aurum Press. . In 1972 and 1974 the team also played official List A cricket matches. Some CUCC players have been members of teams representing combinations of British Universities or, since 2001, the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (CUCCE), later rebranded the Cambridge MCCU. This team includes students from Anglia Ruskin University, as well as Cambridge University, and plays in some first-class matches. After the establishment of the Cambridge UCCE, the annual three-day first-class University Match against Oxford University Cricket Club was replaced by a one-day match against Oxford at Lord's and a four-day first-class match against Oxford, alternat ... [...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] |
Charlie Absolom
Charles Alfred Absolom (7 June 1846 – 30 July 1889) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Kent County Cricket Club and England in the period from 1866 to 1879. Early life Absolom was born at Blackheath, Kent, the son of Edward Absolom, a tea merchant, and his wife Elizabeth.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 19–23.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) The family later moved to Snaresbrook in Essex and Absolom was educated at a school in Calne in Wiltshire and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He won Blues in cricket and athletics at Cambridge before graduating in 1870.Venn JA (ed) (1940) Absolom, Charles Alfred in ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'', p.4. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Available online Retrieved 2019-12-22.) He was known to friends as "Bos" and nicknamed "The Cambridge Navvy", possibly in reference to his size an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Alexander (cricketer)
Henry Robert Tayler Alexander (26 October 1841 – 11 February 1920) was an English first-class cricketer. Alexander's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at Brighton, Sussex. Alexander was educated at Harrow School where he captained the school cricket team in 1861. Later that year he began his university studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. Two years later he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Fenner's. In a match which the MCC won by an innings and 6 runs, Alexander ended Cambridge University's first-innings not out without scoring, while in the MCC first-innings he took the wicket of Charles Lyttelton to finish with figures of 1/14 from five overs. He was last man out in Cambridge University's second-innings, scoring 3 runs before he was dismissed by George Wootton. He later became a solicitor. He died at Westminster, London on 11 February 1920. References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Alexander
Franz Copeland Murray Alexander OD (2 November 1928 – 16 April 2011), known as Gerry Alexander, was a Jamaican cricketer who played 25 Test matches for the West Indies. He was a wicket-keeper who had 90 dismissals in his 25 Test appearances and, though his batting average was around 30 in both Test and first class cricket, his only first-class century came in a Test on the 1960–61 tour of Australia. Alexander was the last white man to captain the West Indies cricket team. He led the West Indies against Pakistan at home in 1958, on the tour of India and Pakistan in 1958–59 and against England in 1960. He would not tolerate the indiscipline of Roy Gilchrist on the tour of India and sent him home before the team reached Pakistan. Early life He was educated at Wolmer's Boys' School, which was founded in 1729 and is one of the oldest schools in the West Indies. He then attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He played for the Cambridge cricket team in both 1952 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Alexander (cricketer, Born 1847)
Charles Robert Alexander (8 November 1847 – 17 February 1902) was an English barrister, stockbroker and amateur cricketer. Early life Alexander was the son of James and Anna Alexander and was born at Westminster in London in 1847. His father was a banker and East India Agent and Alexander grew up at the family home Oak Bank at Seal near Sevenoaks, Kent.''Burke's Irish Family Records 1976'', p. 14.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 27–28.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) After attending Eton College, where he captained the school cricket XI in his final year, Alexander went up to King's College, Cambridge in 1867. He studied Law and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1868 before graduating in 1871.Stapylton HEC (ed) (1884) ''The Eton School Lists from 1791 to 1877'', p. 303. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co.Available online Retrieved 2019-12-23.)Ven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Alban
Mark Timothy Alban MBBS, DRCOG, MRCGP (born 19 April 1966) is an English medical doctor and former first-class cricketer. Born at Kendal, Westmorland, Alban studied at Sedbergh School and Jesus College, Cambridge, playing first-class cricket during his studies for the university cricket club. Alban made his first-class debut for the university against Nottinghamshire at Fenner's in 1989, with him playing two further first-class matches in that season against Sussex at Hove and Oxford University at Lord's. He scored a total of 134 runs at an average of 33.50, with a high score of 86, which came against Oxford University. Alban is now a general practitioner in Bristol. References External linksMark Albanat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Aird
Ronald Aird (4 May 1902 – 16 August 1986) was an English first-class cricketer and administrator. Ronnie Aird was born in Paddington, London. After Eton, he went up to Clare College, Cambridge, winning his blue in 1923. He played 136 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler for Cambridge University and Hampshire between 1920 and 1938. He was a good cricketer, but he will be remembered for his work at Lord's for sixty years. He was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1926, following the promotion of W. Findlay to Secretary. He continued to serve under Colonel Rait Kerr, until his eventual appointment as Secretary in 1952. He retired in 1962 and continued to serve the club as President (1968–1969), Trustee (1971–1983) and as a Life Vice-President (1983–1986). He died at his home in Yapton, Sussex following a long illness aged 84. ReferencesRonnie Airdon Cricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Agar
William Talbot Agar (15 February 1814 – 12 June 1906) was an English cricketer with amateur status. He was born at Camden Town, London and played for Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and made his first-class debut in 1835. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge .... References 1814 births 1906 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Cambridge University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers People from Camden Town Cricketers from the London Borough of Camden People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge {{England-cricket-bio-1810s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Aers
David Roland Aers (born 3 October 1946) is a James B. Duke Professor of English, historical theology and religion at Duke University. He has published widely on literature, sacramental culture and ideology in medieval and Renaissance England. After attending Tonbridge School he went up to Queens' College, Cambridge, where he played first-class cricket as a left-arm spin bowler for Cambridge University from 1966 to 1968. He earned his doctorate at the University of York. He is a former editor of the ''Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies''. His most influential work traces the influence of the Church Fathers in late medieval and early modern poetry and culture to work out questions of politics, gender, and social ethics. Aers taught at the University of East Anglia before going to Duke in the mid-1990s. In 1998 he was awarded the Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award. In an interview that shortly followed the award, he is quoted as saying, "My work mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Adams (cricketer)
Richard Leonard Adams (29 March 1838 – 11 April 1897) was an English first-class cricketer. Adams's batting and bowling styles are unknown. Adams was born at Bath, Somerset, and educated at Westminster School. He later studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the university cricket club against Cambridge Town Club at Parker's Piece in 1859. He batted once during Cambridge University's first-innings, scoring a single run before he was dismissed by Frederick Reynolds. He took the wickets of Charles Pryor and Joseph Masterson in the Cambridge Town Club first-innings, however due to an incomplete match scorecard his exact bowling figures are unknown. Adams became an Anglican priest and was vicar of Framfield 1866–76, then rector of Shere 1876–93. He died at Cockington, Devon on 11 April 1897. References External links Richard Adamsat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lestock Adams
Lestock Handley Adams (10 September 1887 – 22 April 1918) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University between 1908 and 1910. Six of his games attained first-class status, and in these he took 17 wickets and scored 61 runs. Born in Ormskirk, in Lancashire, he was a gentlemen cricketer who played for the Gentlemen of England and various representative teams. Emigrating to Canada, he served in the armed forces during World War I, and was killed in Placaut Wood, France aged 30. Playing career The son of Reverend Henry Frederick Spencer Adams and Ethel Emma Louisa Reid, Adams lived in Congresbury, Somerset in his early years, as recorded in the 1891 census. He lost his mother in 1900. Educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, he was captain of the First XI there for both cricket, rugby and hockey. While attending Queens' College, at Cambridge University, he played a Seniors Match at the invitation of Robert Baily to face an XI created by Charles Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Adams (cricketer)
Keith Adams (born 6 June 1934) is a former English first-class cricketer. Adams was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Aberford, Yorkshire. While studying at the University of Cambridge, Adams made a single first-class appearance for Cambridge University against Middlesex at Fenner's in 1954. Adams opened the batting for Cambridge University, being dismissed for a duck by Don Bennett in their first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 34 runs by Charles Robins. Middlesex won the match by 4 wickets. References External linksKeith Adamsat ESPNcricinfo {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Keith 1930s births Living people People from Aberford Sportspeople from the City of Leeds Alumni of the University of Cambridge English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Cricketers from West Yorkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
