Edgar Cedric Ball (11 January 1892 [1] –15 May 1969),was a former first-class cricketer who played three matches for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1914. He was a left-handed batsman who also played eight Minor Counties Cricket Championship matches for Devon between 1909 and 1912.
Ball frequently opened the batting for Devon during his eight matches,and it was while doing this that he made his top-score for the county,making 78 against Surrey Second XI. [2] He played three matches for Somerset in the 1914 season,the only first-class matches of his career. [3] After batting at number three in the first two matches,Ball dropped down the order to number seven for the third,and made his highest first-class total of 20. [4]
In 1932,having moved to Canada,Ball played in four matches against the touring Australians,playing a match each for Cowichan and Vancouver,before representing British Columbia in two matches. In the last of the four matches,Donald Bradman made 171 for the tourists,surpassing the British Columbia first-innings total on his own. [5]
Andrew Richard Caddick is a former cricketer who played for England as a fast bowler in Tests and ODIs. At 6 ft 5in,Caddick was a successful bowler for England for a decade,taking 13 five-wicket hauls in Test matches. He spent his entire English domestic first-class cricket career at Somerset County Cricket Club,and then played one Minor Counties match for Wiltshire in 2009.
Somerset 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 Somerset. Founded in 1875,Somerset was initially regarded as a minor county until official first-class status was acquired in 1895. Somerset has competed in the County Championship since 1891 and has subsequently played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club's limited overs team was formerly named the Somerset Sabres,but is now known only as Somerset.
Samuel Moses James Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket,and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union,including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey. At cricket—his primary sport—he played over four hundred first-class matches in a twenty-four-year career. The majority of these matches were for his county side,Somerset,whom he captained from 1894 to 1906. A. A. Thomson described him thus:"Sammy ... radiated such elemental force in hard hitting,fast bowling and electrical fielding that he might have been the forerunner of Sir Learie Constantine."
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