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Charles Howard (cricketer, Born 1904)
Charles William Henry Howard (7 November 1904 – 1982) was an English cricketer. Born in Beckenham, Beckenham, Kent and educated at Tonbridge School. He represented Tonbridge (1921–1923), Kent 2nd XI (1924–1925) and Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex in nine first-class matches as a batsman, professional right-handed batsman with modest success in 1931. Howard disappeared from the cricket scene after 1931. Following research by ESPNcricinfo, it was revealed that Howard had died in 1982 at the age of 77. References External links * 1904 births 1982 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers People educated at Tonbridge School Cricketers from the London Borough of Bromley People from Beckenham {{England-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First-class Cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although in practice a team might play only one innings or none at all. The etymology of "first-class cricket" is unknown, but it was used loosely before it acquired official status in 1895, following a meeting of leading English clubs. At a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) in 1947, it was formally defined on a global basis. A significant omission of the ICC ruling was any attempt to define first-class cricket retrospectively. That has left historians, and especially statisticians, with the problem of how to categorise earlier matches, especially those played in Great Britain be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |