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George Deane (cricketer)
George Onslow Deane (11 December 1828 – 16 February 1929) was an English cricketer. Life He was born at Bighton, Hampshire, where his father George Deane (died 1872) was vicar; his mother was Mary Grant, daughter of Thomas Grant of Soberton. He was educated at Winchester College from 1839, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1846. He became an ensign in the 22nd Foot in 1848, and a lieutenant in 1851, retiring in 1854. In later life he was a Justice of the Peace for Gloucestershire, residing at The Boyce Court. Deane had the distinction of becoming the first first-class cricketer to reach the age of 100. He died on 16 February 1929 at Dymock, Gloucestershire aged 100 years and 77 days. He was the only person who played first-class cricket for Hampshire before the formation of Hampshire County Cricket Club to reach 100 years of age. Cricketer Deane's batting style is unknown. He made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire against an All-England Eleven in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bighton
Bighton is a village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 341, compared with 319 in 2001. The village is about north-east of New Alresford. Notable residents *Victor Cannings Victor Henry Douglas Cannings (3 April 1919 – 27 October 2016) was an English cricketer, cricket coach and colonial police officer. Born in Hampshire in April 1919, Cannings joined the Palestine Police Force in 1938 and spent the Second World ... (1919–2016), cricketer References External links Villages in Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day's Itchen Ground
Day's Itchen Ground was a cricket ground in Southampton, which hosted first-class cricket from 1848 to 1850. History County cricket in Southampton had been played across the River Itchen at the Antelope Ground since 1839. In 1845, the ground was threatened by building speculation, which prompted Daniel Day to move to a ground across the river at Woolston on a field owned by the Woolston Hotel. The ground's total area was roughly , with a wooden cricket pavilion being constructed on its north side. The first match was played there in March 1846, when the Married of Southampton played the Single of Southampton. First-class cricket was first played there in 1848, when Hampshire played the All-England Eleven. Subsequently, two further first-class matches were played there between the sides in 1849 and 1850. Day found the ground to be financially unviable, having cost him between £1,000 and £2,000, and he moved to Portsmouth to manage the East Hampshire Cricket Ground at South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Oldest Cricketers
This is a set of lists of the oldest Test and first-class cricketers. Oldest living Test cricketers Oldest living Test cricketers by country Note: Twenty-seven first-class cricketers are known to have attained centenarian status (''see relevant section below''). Source: Oldest Test cricketers still playing at Test level Oldest Test cricketers still playing at Test level, by country Note: The above lists include players who have played Test cricket within the past 24 months and have not formally announced their retirement. Longest-lived Test cricketers ''See also Oldest living Test cricketers above.'' Source: Oldest Test debutants Oldest Test debutant by country Note: John Traicos debuted for Zimbabwe at the age of , but had already played three Tests for South Africa 22 years prior. Note: The oldest debutant, James Southerton, was also the first Test cricketer to die (on 16 June 1880). Miran Bakhsh was known as Miran Bux during his playing caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hammersley
William Josiah Sumner Hammersley (25 September 1826 – 15 November 1886) was an English-born first-class cricketer and sports journalist in Victoria, Australia, one of the four men credited with setting down the original rules of Australian rules football. Life Hammersley (1826-1886) was born on 25 September 1826 at Ash, Surrey, England to father William Josiah Hammersley of England. Hammersley was educated at Aldenham School and at a private school in Billericay. He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, but did not graduate with a degree. During his teens he was a prominent cricketer having debuted at Lord's on 10 June 1847 as a batsman for Cambridge. He was also a prominent shooter and footracer. Hammersley migrated to Australia in 1856. Upon his arrival in Melbourne he became a member of the Melbourne Cricket Club. He first represented the colony of Victoria against New South Wales in the intercolonial cricked match at the Domain in January 1857 and was a regular mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Deane-Drummond
Major-General Anthony John Deane-Drummond, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (23 June 1917 – 4 December 2012) was an officer of the Royal Signals in the British Army, whose career was mostly spent with airborne forces. During the Second World War, he was the second-in-command of a commando force which destroyed an aqueduct in southern Italy, and was captured by enemy forces. He escaped from captivity, was recaptured, escaped again, and eventually made his way back to England sixteen months after the raid. He later served in Operation Market-Garden and was captured at Arnhem, but successfully escaped for a third time. After the War, he commanded 22 SAS Regiment in Malaya and Oman, and held a number of staff positions, later commanding a division in the British Army of the Rhine before retiring. Early life The son of Colonel J.D. Deane–Drummond DSO, OBE, MC, Anthony Deane–Drummond was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He joined the Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Vansittart
William Vansittart (2 May 1813 – 15 January 1878) was a British Conservative Party and Liberal Party politician. Born in 1813, Vansittart was the son of Arthur and Caroline (née Eden) Vansittart. In 1839, he married Emily, daughter of Robert Leslie-Anstruther, and they had two children, Emily Eden (born 21 April 1840, Bhaugulpore, died 27 May 1905) and William Henry (born 1844), before she died in 1844 on return from India. He then remarried to Harriette, daughter of Ambrose Humphrys, on 2 December 1847, and they had one child, Caroline Bretha (died 1919), before she also died in 1852. Thirdly, in 1866, he married Melanie, daughter of Sir Richard Jenkins, and they had a son: Charles Edward Bexley (born 1867) A liberal-conservative in politics, Vansittart was elected Conservative Party MP for Windsor at the 1857 general election and held the seat until 1865 when he sought re-election as a Liberal Party candidate, but failed. He was also part of the Honourable East India Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travancore
The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananthapuram. At its zenith, the kingdom covered most of the south of modern-day Kerala ( Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram districts, and some portions of Ernakulam district), and the southernmost part of modern-day Tamil Nadu (Kanyakumari district and some parts of Tenkasi district) with the Thachudaya Kaimal's enclave of Irinjalakuda Koodalmanikyam temple in the neighbouring Kingdom of Cochin. However Tangasseri area of Kollam city and Anchuthengu near Attingal in Thiruvananthapuram district, were British colonies and were part of the Malabar District until 30 June 1927, and Tirunelveli district from 1 July 1927 onwards. Travancore merged with the erstwhile princely state of Cochin to form Travancore-Cochin i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, the Burghers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Pemberton
Sophia Theresa "Sophie" Pemberton or Sophie Pemberton Deane-Drummond (13 February 1869 - 31 October 1959) was a Canadian painter considered to be British Columbia's first professional woman artist. Despite the social limitations placed on female artists at the time, she made a noteworthy contribution to Canadian art and, in 1899, was the first Canadian woman to win the ''Prix Julian'' from the Académie Julian for her portraiture. She was a near contemporary of Emily Carr, and the two artists spent much of their lives in the same small city. Biography Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Sophie, as she was known throughout her life, was the daughter of Teresa Jane Grautoff and Joseph Despard Pemberton (1821–1893), a successful executive with the Hudson's Bay Company and the first Surveyor-General of Vancouver Island. She first studied art at Mrs. Cridge’s Reformed Episcopal School. Working from her studio in the family home, Pemberton aimed at becoming a professional artist. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
