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Charles Elmhirst
Lieutenant-General Charles Elmhirst (25 October 1815 – 14 December 1893) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Life and military career Elmhirst was born in October 1815 at Holton cum Beckering, Lincolnshire. He purchased a commission into the 9th Regiment of Foot as an ensign in August 1835, and was promoted to lieutenant, again by purchase, in October 1837. Elmhirst served in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and was mentioned in despatches for recapturing a British gun during the expedition to Kohistan. He purchased promotion to captain in January 1846. An amateur cricketer, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Manchester against Sheffield at Hyde Park in 1848. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Richard Skelton in Manchester's first-innings, while in their second-innings he made 45 runs before being dismissed by James Burbeary, sharing in a partnership of 109 with Edward Martin. He purchased the rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holton Cum Beckering
Holton cum Beckering is a small village and civil parish in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south from Market Rasen at the junction of the B1202 and B1399 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 140. History Around the village is evidence of Medieval settlement, defined by cropmarks and ridge and furrow earthworks indicating crofts and enclosures. Near Holton Hall are possible remains of a moat. In 1885 '' Kelly's'' noted that the parish was of with chief agricultural production being of wheat, oats, barley and seeds, and an 1881 population of 165.''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 482 Landmarks All Saints' Church is a Grade I listed Anglican church. ''Kelly's'' mentions that it comprises a chancel, nave, aisles and south porch, and a square tower containing three bells, with the chancel incorporating richly painted frescoes and a carved oak screen separating the chancel from the nave. Benches were carved by ... [...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] |
Cape Of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa, based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian oceans, and have nothing to do with north or south. In fact, by looking at a map, the southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas about to the east-southeast. The currents of the two oceans meet at the point where the warm-water Agulhas current meets the cold-water Benguela current and turns back on itself. That oceanic meeting point fluctuates between Cape Agulhas and Cape Point (about east of the Cape of Good Hope). When following the western side of the African coastline from the equator, however, the Cape of Good Hope marks the point where a ship begins to travel more eastward than southward. Thus, the first mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) // CITED: p. 36 (PDF p. 38/338) also known as the Turkish Empire, was an empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt (modern-day Bilecik Province) by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe and, with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed the Conqueror. Under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire marked the peak of its power and prosperity, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Medjidie
Order of the Medjidie ( ota, نشانِ مجیدی, August 29, 1852 – 1922) is a military and civilian order of the Ottoman Empire. The Order was instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdulmejid I. History Instituted in 1851, the Order was awarded in five classes, with the First Class being the highest. The Order was issued in considerable numbers by Sultan Abdülmecid as a reward for distinguished service to members of the British Army and the Royal Navy and the French Army who came to the aid of the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War against Russia and to British recipients for later service in Egypt and/or the Sudan. In Britain it was worn after any British gallantry and campaign medals awarded, but, as an Order, before foreign medals like the Turkish Crimean War medal. The Order was usually conferred on officers but a few enlisted soldiers and sailors also received it in a lower class. During World War I it was also awarded to a number of German, Austrian and Bulgarian officers. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its Seat (legal entity), seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander (order), Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' (Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all of the French Order of chivalry, orders of chivalry were abolished and replaced with Weapons of Honour. It was the wish of Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Consulate, First Consul, to create a reward to commend c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)
Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries. The rank is superior to Major (United Kingdom), major, and subordinate to Colonel (United Kingdom), colonel. The comparable Royal Navy rank is Commander (Royal Navy), commander, and the comparable rank in the Royal Air Force and many Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth air forces is Wing commander (rank), wing commander. The rank insignia in the British Army and Royal Marines, as well as many Commonwealth countries, is a crown above a Order of the Bath, four-pointed "Bath" star, also colloquially referred to as a British Army officer rank insignia, "pip". The crown has varied in the past with different monarchs; the current one being the St Edward's Crown, Crown of St Edward. Most other Commonwealth countries use the same insignia, or with the state emblem replacing the crown. In the modern British Armed forces, the establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major (United Kingdom)
Major (Maj) is a military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines. The rank is superior to captain and subordinate to lieutenant colonel. The insignia for a major is a crown. The equivalent rank in the Royal Navy is lieutenant commander, and squadron leader in the Royal Air Force. History By the time of the Napoleonic wars, an infantry battalion usually had two majors, designated the "senior major" and the "junior major". The senior major effectively acted as second-in-command and the majors often commanded detachments of two or more companies split from the main body. The second-in-command of a battalion or regiment is still a major. File:British-Army-Maj(1856-1867)-Collar Insignia.svg, 1856 to 1867 major's collar rank insignia File:British-Army-Maj(1867-1880)-Collar Insignia.svg, 1867 to 1880 major's collar rank insignia File:British&Empire-Army-Maj(1881-1902).svg, 1881 to 1902 major's shoulder rank insignia During World War I, majors wore the follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Martin (cricketer)
Edward Martin (24 November 1814 – 31 October 1869) was an English professional cricketer. He played for Hampshire sides and for Kent County Cricket Club Martin was born at Brenchley in Kent in 1814.Edward Martin . Retrieved 2018-12-17. He made his debut for a Hampshire side against MCC in 1843. From 1843 to 1845 he playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Burbeary
James Pashley Burbeary (1822 – 21 July 1866) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor. Burbeary was born in the town of Tickhill, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1822. He played first-class cricket for Sheffield (aka Yorkshire) between 1846–52, making five appearances. He scored 42 runs in his five matches, in addition to taking a single wicket. He was by professional a solicitor. In December 1844, he was appointed a master extraordinary to the Court of Chancery by the Lord Chancellor, John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst. Burbeary died at Sheffield on 21 July 1866 from bronchitis Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi (large and medium-sized airways) in the lungs that causes coughing. Bronchitis usually begins as an infection in the nose, ears, throat, or sinuses. The infection then makes its way down to the bronchi. .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burbeary, James 1822 births 1866 deaths People from Tickhill English solicitors English cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Skelton (cricketer)
Richard Frederic Skelton (22 January 1821 – 11 June 1858) was an English first-class cricketer. Skelton was born at Middlewood Hall near Sheffield in January 1821. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Sheffield against Manchester at Sheffield in June 1846, with Skelton featuring in the return fixture at Manchester. His next first-class appearances came for Sheffield in 1848, when he played twice against Nottingham and once against Manchester. The following season he made three first-class appearances for a Sheffield team, this time playing under the name Yorkshire, making two appearances against Lancashire and one appearance against Kent. From 1850–54, he played ten further first-class matches for teams styled as Sheffield or Yorkshire. In addition to playing for Sheffield/Yorkshire teams, Skelton also played first-class matches for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players match of 1851, while in 1852 he played at Lord's for the Gentlemen of the North against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duck (cricket)
In cricket, a duck is a batsman's dismissal with a score of zero. A batsman being dismissed off their first delivery faced is known as a golden duck. Etymology The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began. When referring to the Prince of Wales' (the future Edward VII) score of nought on 17 July 1866, a contemporary newspaper wrote that the Prince "retired to the royal pavilion on a 'duck's egg' ".LONDON from THE DAILY TIMES CORRESPONDENT, 25 July 1866 can be viewed aPaper's past/ref> The name is believed to come from the shape of the number "0" being similar to that of a duck's egg, as in the case of the American slang term "goose-egg" popular in baseball and the tennis term "love", derived – according to one theory – from French ''l'œuf'' ("the egg"). The Concise Oxford Dictionary still cites "duck's egg" as an alternative version of the term. Significant ducks The first duck in a Test match was made in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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