Spencer William Gore was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874-1875).
David Charles Nash is a retired English cricketer.
Scott Alexander Newman is an English former professional cricketer who played first-class cricket between 2002 and 2009.
Timothy James Murtagh is an Irish cricketer. Born in Lambeth, London and raised in England, Murtagh is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He represented England in the 2000 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Alexander Anthony Barnett is a former English cricketer. Barnett was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Málaga in Spain.
The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status. The competition started in 1959 and has been contested annually ever since.
1888 was the 102nd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). There was a complete contrast to the previous sunlit summer with its record-breaking run-getting: this time the summer was exceptionally cool and wet, resulting in the dominance of bowlers with many records for wicket-taking set.
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.
1868 was the 82nd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). It featured the tour by the team of Australian Aboriginals.
1826 was the 40th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The revival of inter-county cricket gathered pace and William Clarke made his known first-class debut.
Knowles refers to a professional cricketer who played for Middlesex in the late 18th century. He is recorded in nine first-class matches. The first was Middlesex v Surrey on Thursday, 24 June 1790 at Lord's Old Ground. The last was in May 1797 when he played for the Earl of Winchilsea's XI against Charles Lennox's XI at Lord's.
Felix Calvert Ladbroke was an English banker and amateur cricketer.
Charles White was an English cricketer who played for Surrey. He was born and died in Southwark.
1815 was the 29th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). A discernible recovery began as the Napoleonic Wars ended.
George Charles Vassila was an English cricketer. Vassila was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Kew, Surrey.
Middlesex Rugby is the governing body for rugby union in Middlesex, England; Middlesex is a historic county of England that covers areas in the ceremonial counties of Greater London, Surrey and Hertfordshire. The historic county is still in use when referring to sport, businesses and postal addresses in the area. Middlesex RFU was originally created as the Middlesex County Rugby Club but within six years was being referred to as the Middlesex County Rugby Football Union and is now known simply as Middlesex Rugby.
Anthony Charles Waite is a former English cricketer. Waite was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Pinner, Middlesex.
William Abbott was an English first-class cricketer. Abbott's batting style is unknown, though it is known he fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, and educated at Winchester College.
The 116th Boat Race took place on 28 March 1970. Held annually, it is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. It was won by Cambridge who passed the finishing post three-and-a-half lengths ahead of Oxford, securing Cambridge's third consecutive victory. The race was particularly notable for the "unorthodox" steering of the Oxford cox Ashton Calvert.
