Benjamin Stewart Darbyshire (13 June 1845 –18 January 1907) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of Benjamin Darbyshire senior,he was born in June 1845 in West Derby,Lancashire (now Liverpool). He later studied at Wadham College at the University of Oxford. [1] While studying at Oxford,he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1864 and 66,with both matches played at Oxford. [2] In the 1864 fixture,he took a five wicket haul. [3] After graduating from Oxford,Darbyshire took holy orders in the Church of England. He was the canon of St Paul's Church,Sheffield from 1868–70,before assuming the post of vicar for Blundellsands from 1870. [4] In 1879,he was made a temporary chaplain in the 36th West Riding of Yorkshire Corps. [5] Darbyshire died in January 1907 at Birkdale,Lancashire. His nephew,Cecil Moon,also played first-class cricket.
1864 was the 78th season of cricket in England. It was a significant year in cricket history,as it saw the legalisation of overarm bowling and the first edition of John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanac.
1865 was the 79th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). W. G. Grace made his debut as a first-class player and the new Lancashire County Cricket Club played its first match.
Humphrey Adam Gilbert was an Indian-born English first-class cricketer who played in 118 matches. All of these were in England,with the majority for Worcestershire and Oxford University. Very much a specialist bowler,his Wisden obituary commented that "His qualities as a batsman [could] be gauged from the fact that in his five innings against Cambridge he scored one run." He was nicknamed Barmy Gilbert.
Stephen Cox Newton was an English cricketer who represented,and captained,Somerset County Cricket Club in the late 19th century. During a 14-year first-class cricket career,he also represented Cambridge University,Middlesex and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Arthur Appleby was an English first-class cricketer. A left arm round arm medium pace bowler and left-handed batsman,he played 58 matches for Lancashire as an amateur between 1866 and 1887 and in 81 first-class matches in total. He also appeared for Marylebone Cricket Club (1874),the Gentlemen (1867–1887),North of England (1869–1873),Gentlemen of the North (1870–1879),Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club (1873),Gentlemen of England (1874–1878),and RA FitzGerald's XI (1872) and in the Gentlemen to Canada Touring Team (1873).
William Anthony Stewart was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
John St John Frederick was an English first-class cricketer,cricket administrator,and British Army officer.
Gerald Roscoe Bardswell was an English cricketer who played 59 first-class matches between 1894 and 1902. He was born in Woolton,Liverpool and died in New Orleans,Louisiana.
Roger Walker was a rugby union forward who played club rugby for Manchester Rugby Club and international rugby for England. Walker later became the President of the Rugby Football Union,and in that role accompanied the British Isles team on their 1896 tour of South Africa.
William Herbert Fowler,also known as Bill Fowler and Herbert Fowler,was an English amateur cricketer who played 26 first-class cricket matches during the 1880s,principally for Somerset County Cricket Club. He was an all-rounder who was best known for his big-hitting when batting. He was also a famous golf course architect,and designed Walton Heath Golf Club among many others in the United Kingdom and United States.
Francis Percy Umfreville Pickering was an English cricketer. Pickering was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm fast. He was born at Shipton,Yorkshire,the son of James Henry Shipton,and was educated at Eton College and Christ Church,Oxford.
George Cooke Attfield was an English medical practitioner and first-class cricketer.
Benjamin Ernest Nicholls was an English cricketer active in the 1880s and briefly in 1901,making sixteen appearances in first-class cricket. Nicholls was a right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler,who played first-class cricket for Sussex,Oxford University,and the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Montague Mordaunt Ainslie was an English barrister and a cricketer active in the 1840s,making ten appearances in first-class cricket.
Edwin Francis Dyke was an English clergyman and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1864 and 1865 and for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1866. He was born in London and died at Maidstone,Kent.
Oswald Philip Lancashire was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire,Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),plus other amateur sides,between 1878 and 1888. He was also a successful Association football player. He was born at Newton Heath,Manchester and died at West Didsbury,also in Manchester.
The 2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of cricket matches that were played between the eighteen County Championship teams and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams (MCCU) of England and Wales. The first two rounds of fixtures were classed as first-class matches. Each county side played one fixture against an MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2019 County Championship.
Edward Davenport was an English first-class cricketer,clergyman and educator.
Francis Symes-Thompson was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
William Whitworth Chetwynd-Talbot was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.