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List Of Sussex County Cricket Club Captains
Sussex has been a prominent cricket county since the 17th century and teams representing the county have generally been regarded as important or first-class. The earliest known move towards a permanent county organisation happened 17 June 1836 when a meeting in Brighton established a Sussex Cricket Fund to support county matches. It was from this organisation that Sussex County Cricket Club was formally constituted on 1 March 1839. The club played its initial first-class match against Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's on 10 & 11 June 1839. Sussex CCC is England's oldest county club, one of eighteen that play in the County Championship at first-class level. The player appointed club captain leads the team in all fixtures, except if unavailable, and the following 48 cricketers have held the post since formation of the county club in 1839. Club captains * C. G. Taylor 1839–1846 * E. Napper 1847–1862 * J. H. Hale 1863 * C. H. Smith 1864–1874 * J. M. Cotterill 1874–1875 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and divided for many purposes into the ceremonial counties of West Sussex and East Sussex. Brighton and Hove, though part of East Sussex, was made a unitary authority in 1997, and as such, is administered independently of the rest of East Sussex. Brighton and Hove was granted city status in 2000. Until then, Chichester was Sussex's only city. The Brighton and Hove built-up area is the 15th largest conurbation in the UK and Brighton and Hove is the most populous city or town in Sussex. Crawley, Worthing and Eastbourne are major towns, each with a population over 100,000. Sussex has three main geographic sub-regions, each oriented approximately east to west. In the southwest is the fertile and densely populated coastal plain. Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Greenfield
Frederick Francis John Greenfield (10 May 1850 – 25 October 1900) was an English cricketer and Anglican priest. Greenfield was born in Gorakhpur, Bengal Presidency, and was educated at Hurstpierpoint and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He played cricket for Sussex and was twice club captain in the periods 1876 to 1878 and 1881 to 1882. He also played for Cambridge University from 1874 to 1876 and was captain in 1876. He appeared in 85 first-class matches from 1873 to 1884 as a right-handed batsman who bowled right arm slow with a roundarm action. He scored 2,549 runs with a highest score of 126 and took 111 wickets with a best performance of seven for 26. Greenfield was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1879 and after various curacies was chaplain of the Poor Law Union in the district of Cuckfield Cuckfield ( ) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, on the southern slopes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Gilligan
Alfred Herbert Harold Gilligan (29 June 1896 – 5 May 1978) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Sussex and England. Gilligan captained England on their four-Test tour of New Zealand in 1929–30, which England won 1–0. Life and career Harold Gilligan played regularly for Sussex from 1919 to 1930. A right-handed batsman of style but limited ability and an occasional change bowler, Gilligan set a record in 1923 that is unlikely to be equalled when, in batting 70 times during the season, he scored 1,186 runs at an average of 17.70 runs per innings: the average is the lowest by any cricketer who achieved 1,000 runs in a season. He had his most successful season in 1929, scoring 1161 runs at an average of 23.69, including his only first-class century, 143 against Derbyshire.''Wisden'' 1979, pp. 1076–77. His ''Wisden'' obituary described him as a "beautiful stylist" who typically got out to an impetuous stroke just when a substantial innings looked possible. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Gilligan
Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan (23 December 1894 – 5 September 1976) was an English first-class cricketer who captained the England cricket team nine times in 1924 and 1925, winning four Test matches, losing four and drawing one. In first-class cricket, he played as an amateur, mainly for Cambridge University and Sussex, and captained the latter team between 1922 and 1929. A fast bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman, Gilligan completed the double in 1923 and was one of ''Wisden's'' Cricketers of the Year for 1924. When his playing career ended, he held several important positions in cricket, including that of England selector and president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). A popular figure within cricket, he was widely regarded as sporting and friendly. During his playing days, Gilligan was a member of the British Fascists. He came to the notice of the Australian secret service during the 1924–25 MCC tour, and it is possible he helped to establish small fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Wilson (Sussex Cricketer)
Herbert Langford Wilson (27 June 1881 – 15 March 1937) was an English cricketer active from 1913 to 1930 who played for Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ... and was club captain from 1919 to 1921. He was born in Guilsborough, Northamptonshire and died in Uckfield. He appeared in 145 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm slow. He scored 6,226 runs with a highest score of 187 among six centuries and took 26 wickets with a best performance of four for 19. Notes 1881 births 1937 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers Sussex cricket captains North v South cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Suffolk cricketers English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 {{england-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Chaplin
Herbert Percy Chaplin (1 March 1883 – 6 March 1970) was an English cricketer active from 1904 to 1914 who played for Sussex and was club captain from 1910 to 1914. He was born in Westminster and died in Deal, Kent. He appeared in 176 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace. He scored 6,497 runs with a highest score of 213 not out among seven centuries and took eight wickets with a best performance of three for 47. He was educated at Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ....'' Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', "Obituaries in 1970" Notes 1883 births 1970 deaths People educated at Harrow School English cricketers Sussex cricketers Europeans cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers North v South cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Smith (cricketer, Born 1879)
Charles Lawrence Arthur Smith (1 January 1879 – 22 November 1949) was an English cricketer active from 1898 to 1911 who played for Sussex and was club captain in 1906 and 1909. He was born and died in Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. Th .... He appeared in 220 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium fast. He scored 5,844 runs with a highest score of 103 not out and took nine wickets with a best performance of one for 0. Smith was the son of Charles Hamlin Smith and a nephew of Arthur Smith. Notes 1879 births 1949 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers Sussex cricket captains Gentlemen of the South cricketers People from Henfield Cricketers from West Sussex {{england-cricket-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjitsinhji
Colonel H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, (10 September 1872 – 2 April 1933), often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji, was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933, as Maharaja Jam Saheb, and a noted Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, and county cricket for Sussex. Ranji has widely been regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of his era. Neville Cardus described him as "the Midsummer night's dream of cricket". Unorthodox in technique and with fast reactions, he brought a new style to batting and revolutionised the game. Previously, batsmen had generally pushed forward; Ranji took advantage of the improving quality of pitches in his era and played more on the back foot, both in defence and attack. He is particularly associated with one shot, the leg glance, which he invented or popularised. The first-class cricket tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Murdoch
William Lloyd Murdoch (18 October 1854 – 18 February 1911) was an Australian cricketer who captained the Australian national side in 16 Test matches between 1880 and 1890. This included four tours of England, one of which, in 1882, gave rise to The Ashes. In 2019 Murdoch was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. Although Victorian-born, Murdoch was raised in Sydney, and played his Australian domestic cricket for New South Wales, making his first-class debut in 1875. His Test debut came in 1877, in what was retrospectively classed as the second Test match to be played. Murdoch began his career as a wicket-keeper, but at Test level kept wicket only once, with Jack Blackham being preferred. As a batsman, Murdoch scored both the first double century in Test cricket (211 against England in 1884) and the first triple century in Australian domestic cricket (321 against Victoria in 1882). In later years, he settled in England, playing county cricket for Sussex (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Newham
William Newham (12 December 1860 – 26 June 1944) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England against Australia in 1888.Billy Newham CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-05-10. CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-05-10. He was educated at Ardingly College, where he was a member of the cricket eleven. He stayed on there as an assistant master until 1887.Billy Newham Obituaries in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Lucas (Sussex Cricketer)
Frederick Murray Lucas (3 February 1860 – 7 November 1887) was an English cricketer active from 1880 to 1887 who played for Sussex and was club captain in the 1886 season. He was born in Clapham Common and died in Surat. He appeared in 28 first-class matches as a lefthanded batsman who bowled medium pace. He scored 1,291 runs with a highest score of 215 not out and took no wickets. Lucas was educated at Elstree School, Marlborough College 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 .... Notes 1860 births 1887 deaths People educated at Elstree School People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English cricketers Sussex cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Sussex cricket capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wyatt (cricketer)
George Nevile Wyatt (25 August 1850 – 16 February 1926) was an English first-class cricket, first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a roundarm bowling, roundarm right arm medium pace bowler (cricket), bowler who played mainly for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club from 1871 to 1876 and later for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Surrey County Cricket Club and Sussex County Cricket Club before retiring in 1886. Wyatt was born at Champaran, India. Wyatt made 72 first-class appearances, scoring 2,015 runs at 16.38 with a highest innings of 112, which was his only century, in addition to 10 half-centuries. He held 38 catches in his career and took 3 wickets at 42.33 with a best analysis of 1–4. He was club captain (cricket), captain at Sussex in the 1885 season. Wyatt died at Clifton, Bristol, Clifton, Bristol on 16 February 1926. References 1850 births 1926 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1864 to 1889 Gloucestershire cricketers Surrey crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
