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William Sime
William Arnold Sime (8 February 1909 – 5 May 1983) was a South African-born English barrister and judge who also played first-class cricket, first-class cricket. Educated at Bedford School and at Balliol College, Oxford, he was a right-hand batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played first-class matches for the Minor Counties between 1929 and 1934, and Oxford University Cricket Club, Oxford University in 1931. He then joined Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire in 1935 and stayed with them until 1950, captaining the club in his final three years. Sime became a Queen's Counsel, QC in 1957. He was Recorder (judge), Recorder of Grantham and was appointed a Circuit judge (England and Wales), Circuit Judge in 1972.''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden'' 1984, p. 1209. References External links * 1909 births 1983 deaths People from Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality People educated at Bedford School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford English ... [...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] |