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List Of Oxford And Cambridge Universities Cricket Team Players
This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team in top-class matches since 1839. The team had top-level status and played 18 first-class cricket matches during its history. Seven of these took place between 1839 and 1939 against a variety of sides. The other 11 matches all occurred between 1968 and 1992 and were all played against international teams touring the British Isles.First-class matches played by Oxford and Cambridge Universities CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-03-16. The last time the combined team played a first-class match was in 1992. The team was generally composed of current students who were members of |
Cricket
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] |
Herbert Bainbridge
Herbert William Bainbridge (29 October 1862 – 3 March 1940) was an English first-class cricketer and footballer. Bainbridge played cricket principally for Eton, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Surrey, Cambridge University and Warwickshire. He was born at Guwahati, Assam, India and died at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. Cricket career Bainbridge played four seasons at Eton College, being made captain in 1882. While studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, he played for Cambridge University and was awarded his Blue in 1884 and appointed captain in 1885. The right-handed batsman played for Warwickshire between 1894 and 1902 and was appointed captain in his first season, after making appearances for Surrey from 1883 to 1885. His highest score of 162 was made against Hampshire with a career average of 25.76, his slow-bowling claimed 31 wickets at an average of 31.87. England selector Bainbridge was one of the first three England selectors on The Ashes tour of 1899 along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Brodhurst
Arthur Hugh ("Podge") Brodhurst ( – ) was an English cricketer and schoolteacher. Brodhurst was educated at Malvern College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Gloucestershire from 1937 to 1946, re-appearing in a single first-class game for MCC in Canada in 1951. During the Second World War he was in the Royal Artillery commanding anti-aircraft units in the North African desert; later he was liaison officer with the Czech Armoured Brigade and ended the war as town major of Haarlem, where he re-introduced cricket to Holland. He taught at Winchester College from 1946 to 1978, including three periods in charge of cricket, and was a housemaster from 1954 to 1970. His nickname there was Ahab in recognition of his initials and his obsessive behaviour. Brodhurst married Meg, daughter of the cricket historian Harry Altham Harry Surtees Altham (30 November 1888 – 11 March 1965) was an English cricketer who became an imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Brearley
John Michael Brearley (born 28 April 1942) is a retired English first-class cricketer who captained Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England. He captained the international side in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 18 and losing only 4. He was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2007–08. Since his retirement from professional cricket he has pursued a career as a writer and psychoanalyst, serving as President of the British Psychoanalytical Society 2008–10. In 2015, an article in the Bleacher Report ranked Brearley as England's greatest ever cricket captain. He is married to Mana Sarabhai who is from Ahmedabad, India and they have two children together. Early life Brearley was educated at the City of London School (where his father Horace, himself a first-class cricketer, was a master). While at St. John's College, Cambridge, Brearley excelled at cricket (he was then a wicketkeeper/batsman). After making 76 on his first-class debut as a wicketke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Brain
John Henry Patrick 'Pat' Brain (17 March 1896 – 11 December 1945) was a Welsh cricketer. Brain was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Caerau, Glamorgan. Brain made his debut for Glamorgan in the 1920 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. He represented the county in 3 further Minor Counties fixtures in 1920. Following Glamorgan's elevation to first-class status, he represented the club in 6 matches between 1921 and 1928, making his debut against Derbyshire and playing his final first-class match for the county in 1928 against Oxford University. In his 7 first-class matches he scored 86 runs at a batting average of 8.60 and a high score of 19 *. Behind the stumps he took 3 catches and made 2 stumpings. Brain also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against Glamorgan in 1922 at Cardiff Arms Park. Outside of playing cricket, Pat Brain worked for the family brewery, Brains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Boyd-Moss
Robin James Boyd-Moss (born 16 December 1959) is a former English professional cricketer who started his career with Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship before playing first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Northamptonshire from 1980 to 1987. Career Boyd-Moss's career was relatively short owing to a series of setbacks: in 1984 (his first full season at Northamptonshire) he broke a thumb while playing, and then contracted hepatitis; a year later, back problems kept him out of action until mid-June; centuries against Lancashire and Glamorgan set him up for a successful season in 1986, only for his form to drop in the closing weeks of the season. Fitness problems restricted him to only half a dozen matches in 1987. Boyd-Moss's finest achievement is arguably his partnership with Geoff Cook in 1986, in which they scored 344 runs, breaking the Northamptonshire record for the highest second-wicket partnership. In 1982, Boyd-Moss and Kapil Dev hit 182 runs off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Botton
Norman Denis Botton (born 21 January 1954) is a former English first-class cricketer. Born at Hammersmith, Botton attended Hertford College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, Botton played first-class cricket for Oxford University. His debut came against Leicestershire at Oxford in 1974. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1975, making fourteen appearances. In his fourteen matches, he scored a total of 272 runs at an average of 12.36 and with a high score of 38 not out. With his left-arm medium pace bowling, he took 11 wickets at a bowling average of 64.90, with best figures of 2 for 53. He also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the touring West Indians in 1974. After graduating from Oxford, Botton became a schoolteacher. Prior to his retirement, he was the head of history at Monkton Combe School. Botton continued to play cricket long after the conclusion of his brief first-class career, featurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Booth
Clement Booth (11 May 1842 – 14 July 1926) was an English first-class cricketer and administrator. Booth played first-class cricket for several teams, but was largely associated with Cambridge University, Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club. He was Hampshire County Cricket Club's second captain at first-class level. As an administrator, he was the honorary secretary of both Lincolnshire and Hampshire. Early life and cricket career The son of The Reverend Thomas Willingham Booth, he was born in May 1842 at Friskney, Lincolnshire. Booth was educated at Rugby School, where he was coached in cricket by Alfred Diver and Daniel Hayward. From there, he matriculated to Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, Booth excelled at sport, gaining blues in both cricket and athletics. As a member of Cambridge University Cricket Club, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Fenner's in 1862. He played first-class cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blacker (cricketer)
William Blacker (29 September 1853 – 21 November 1907) was an Irish cricketer. He played 32 first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1873 and 1876. He was educated at Harrow School.''Wisden Cricketer's Almanack'', "Obituaries in 1907" See also * List of Cambridge University Cricket Club players This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC) in top-class matches since the club was first recorded in 1817. CUCC teams have always had important or first-class cricket status. B ... References External links * 1853 births 1907 deaths People educated at Harrow School Cambridge University cricketers Cricketers from Dublin (city) Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen of the South cricketers Non-international England cricketers {{Ireland-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Bettington
Reginald Henshall Brindley Bettington (24 February 1900 Bill Francis, ''Tom Lowry: Leader in a Thousand'', Trio, Wellington, 2010, p. 68. – 24 June 1969) was an Australian first-class cricketer and medical specialist. Early life and Oxford Reg Bettington was brought up on the family sheep station near Merriwa and attended The King's School, Parramatta from the age of 11, where he excelled at Latin and Greek and played for several years in the First XI cricket team. He went up to New College, Oxford University in 1919, and played cricket regularly for Oxford University for the next four seasons. At 19, he was six-foot three and an imposing figure. "A very tall, very dark young man strode through the New College gates. We watched in awe," one English undergraduate later wrote. A leg-spinner and useful lower-order batsman, in his first match Bettington took 5 for 48 in Warwickshire's second innings. Alongside him for the Oxford team, also making their first-class debuts, were D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Berkeley (cricketer)
George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley (29 January 1870 – 14 November 1955) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, public servant, cricketer, and author. Personal life George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley was born in 1870, the only child of George Sackville Berkeley, a major in the Royal Engineers. He was educated at Wellington College and Keble College, Oxford. He later practised at the Irish Bar. In 1899 he married Caroline Isabel Mason. He moved to Italy in 1920 for the good of his wife's health; she died in 1933. The following year he married Janet Margaret Mary Weld, with whom he co-wrote a history of Italian unification. He was a member of two gentlemen's clubs: Vincent's in Oxford and the Kildare Street Club in Dublin. He died at his home, Hanwell Castle, near Banbury, Oxfordshire. Public life Berkeley served in the Worcestershire Regiment from 1898 to 1901. He supported Irish Home Rule and the Irish Volunteers, and at a 1914 meeting in Alice Stopford Green's London home he subscribed the larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Belle
Brian Belle (7 April 1914 – 27 February 2007) was an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Essex between 1935 and 1937. At the time of his death he was the oldest surviving Essex player. Career While studying at Keble College, Oxford, Belle appeared in two matches for Oxford University in 1935, then played a full season for them in 1936, winning his Blue. He usually batted in the middle order. Between 1935 and 1937 he also played regularly for Essex as an amateur. His highest first-class score was 70 for Oxford against Surrey in 1936, the highest score on either side, which enabled Oxford to gain a first-innings lead. His first-class cricket career ended when he became a master at Orwell Park School near Ipswich in Suffolk. He began playing Minor County cricket for Suffolk in 1939. After serving in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, he continued to play for Suffolk, helping them to their first title in 1946 and captaining them between 1949 and 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
