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Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers,AO,OCC,also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers,is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler,an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder,he is widely considered to be cricket's greatest ever all-rounder and one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Nottinghamshire. The club's limited overs team is called the Notts Outlaws.
Arthur Shrewsbury was an English cricketer and rugby football administrator. He was widely rated as competing with W. G. Grace for the accolade of best batsman of the 1880s;Grace himself,when asked whom he would most like in his side,replied simply,"Give me Arthur". An opening batsman,Shrewsbury played his cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and played 23 Test matches for England,captaining them in 7 games,with a record of won 5,lost 2. He was the last professional to be England captain until Len Hutton was chosen in 1952. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1890. He also organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888.
William Barnes was an English professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 1875 to 1894,and in 21 Test matches for England from 1880 to 1890. He was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield,Nottinghamshire,and died at Mansfield Woodhouse,Nottinghamshire.
Sir Conrad Cleophas Hunte,KA was a Barbadian cricketer. Hunte played 44 Test matches as an opening batsman for the West Indies.
Fred Barratt played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 1914 to 1931 and represented England in five Test matches,one in the home series against South Africa in 1929 and four on the inaugural Test series against New Zealand in the 1929–30 season. He was born in Annesley,Nottinghamshire and died at Nottingham General Hospital,Nottingham.
William Walter Keeton was an English cricketer who played in two Tests in 1934 and 1939. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1940 and played first-class cricket as a right-handed opening batsman between 1926 and 1952 for Nottinghamshire. Keeton scored a century against every other first-class county and his 312 not out made in just under eight hours against Middlesex at the Oval in 1939 is still a record for the Nottinghamshire team.
Franklyn DaCosta Stephenson is a former cricketer from Barbados who played as a right handed batsman and pacer. Stephenson played as an allrounder for his native Barbados together with Tasmania,Orange Free State,Gloucestershire,Nottinghamshire and Sussex in his cricketing career. As an aggressive middle-order batsman and genuinely quick pacer,he was also known for being one of the greatest exponents of the slower ball.
Michael John Lumb is a former South African-born English cricketer,who played for Yorkshire,Hampshire,and Nottinghamshire at county level and England in Twenty20 International cricket and One Day International cricket. Born and raised in South Africa,Lumb is a left-handed opening batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He became only the second cricketer after Dennis Amiss to score a century on ODI debut for England and ninth player overall to do so. Lumb was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Michael Burns is an English first-class list cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Warwickshire and Somerset in a first-class career which spanned from 1992 until 2005. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Cumberland and Cornwall. An adaptable cricketer,he appeared for Cumberland and Warwickshire as a wicket-keeper,but when he moved to Somerset he developed into an aggressive batsman who bowled at medium-pace when needed.
Robert Arthur White was an English first-class cricketer and umpire. He played or umpired more than 1,200 matches of first-class or List A cricket between 1958 and 2001.
David Nicholls,was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club during the 1960s and 1970s. He was born at East Dereham in Norfolk and died at Dartford in Kent in 2008 aged 64.
John William Solanky was a Tanzanian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin/medium pace bowler,he played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club between 1972 and 1976.
Michael Godfrey Melvin Groves is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province,Oxford University,Somerset County Cricket Club,Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Free Foresters between 1961 and 1968. He was born at Taihape,Manawatu,New Zealand.
Jack Davey is a former English cricketer. Davey was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. An opening bowler,Davey had a successful career with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club which spanned from the 1966 season to the 1978 season. His name sometimes appeared in reports and on scorecards as J.J. Davey,although this was not accurate:the second initial was a mischievous creation by his county captain Tony Brown and the writer Alan Gibson,whose campaign to embellish Davey's name even extended to the production of a commemorative tie,in Davey's testimonial season,with "J.J?" on it.
Amritt Harrichand "Harry" Latchman is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and Nottinghamshire between 1965 and 1976. A leg-spin bowler and useful lower-order right-handed batsman,he played over 200 first-class cricket matches for his two English counties,securing nearly 500 wickets.
Edward Austen Clark is a former English cricketer. He played for Middlesex between 1959 and 1966,with occasional games thereafter until 1976.
Duncan Robert Worsley is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and Oxford University from 1960 to 1967.
John Whitehouse is an English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Warwickshire between 1971 and 1980 and captained the team in 1978 and 1979. He was born in Nuneaton,Warwickshire.
Dudley Richard Owen-Thomas is an English lawyer and former first-class cricketer.