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Charles Pryor
Charles Stuart Pryor (15 February 1815 – 4 April 1897) was an English cricketer 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 striki ... who played first-class cricket for the Cambridge Town Club, Cambridge University and an England XI between 1833 and 1859. He was born at Cambridge and died at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. Pryor was a right-handed batsman and a bowler, though his bowling style is not known. He played regularly for the Cambridge Town Club for more than a quarter of a century, and also played for the Cambridge Town and County Club and the Cambridge Townsmen teams, which were alternative names for the same side. In 1839, he played a single game for Cambridge University, but there is no record that he was ever a student at the university, and 23 of his first-class mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricketer
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] |
Frederick Pryor (cricketer)
Frederick Charles Pryor (10 November 1844 – date of death unknown) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of the cricketer Charles Pryor, he was born in November 1844 at Cambridge. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge Town Club (CTC) against Cambridge University at Parker's Piece in 1861, with Pryor appearing in a second first-class match in the same season for CTC against Cambridge University at Fenner's. His next first-class appearance came for Cambridgeshire (essentially CTC) in 1863 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. He played first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire until 1871, making 22 appearances. In his 22 matches, he scored a total of 461 runs at an average of 12.13, with a high score of 69, which was one of three half centuries he made. He also made a single first-class appearance for the North in the North v South fixture of 1864. His grandfather, Stephen Pryor Stephen Michael Pryor (born July 23, 1989) is an American former p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
