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Eric James Herbert (1908-1963) was an English cricketer active from 1937 to 1939 who played for Northamptonshire (Northants). He was born in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire on 12 August 1908 and died in Wellingborough on 14 October 1963. He appeared in 35 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace. He scored 291 runs with a highest score of 20 and took 69 wickets with a best performance of five for 103. [1]
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Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1st Baronet, of Homestead was a British shipbuilder who started a shipbuilding dynasty, Yarrow Shipbuilders.
Alfred Harry "Fred" Bakewell was an English cricketer. Playing for Northamptonshire and England, he was an opening batsman who was renowned as one of the most exciting players of his time, largely owing to his unorthodox methods, which allowed him to play some of the most brilliant innings in county cricket, despite the fact that his county, Northamptonshire, was exceptionally weak throughout his career: he was always the only class batsman in the team in the years before his career was ended by a serious car accident in 1936.
Mushtaq Mohammad is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1959 to 1979. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he is one of the most successful Pakistani all-rounders and went on to captain his country in nineteen Test matches. He was the first and to date only Pakistani to score a century and take five wickets in an innings in the same test match twice.
David John Capel was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and England. Cricket writer Colin Bateman noted that "Capel was one of those unfortunate cricketers who became tagged as being the next all-rounder to fill Ian Botham's boots". He was well known for his long stint with Northamptonshire as a player as well as coach for nearly 32 years. He was regarded as one of the icons of the Northamptonshire club. He died on 2 September 2020, at the age of 57, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2018.
Eric Walter "Fritzy" Freeman was an Australian cricketer who played in 11 Tests from 1968 to 1970. He was also a leading Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide Football Club, playing 116 games between 1964 and 1972, kicking 390 goals, and playing in their 1965 premiership team.
Sydney Gordon Smith was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand. He also played for representative sides – for the West Indies side that toured England in 1906; for the MCC sides that toured the West Indies in 1910–11 and 1912–13; and for New Zealand in pre-Test cricket matches against MCC and Australian sides.
Herbert Alan Peach was an English cricketer who played for Surrey. He was an all-rounder: a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
Herbert Charles Dainty was an English footballer and manager. He was a restless player, who rarely stayed with one club for more than a year, but "served all his clubs with distinction".
Herbert Woodfield Paul (1853–1935) was an English writer and Liberal MP.
Herbert Cooper was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1905 to 1910
Albert Lightfoot is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire from 1953 to 1970.
Samuel Walter Hunt was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City, Mansfield Town, Torquay United, Rochdale, Stockport County, Accrington Stanley and Carlisle United.
Herbert James Newman was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was born in Duston, Northamptonshire.
Michael Eric John Charles Norman is a former professional cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.
Donald Ramsamooj was a professional cricketer who spent his career between Trinidad and Northamptonshire.
Eric Norman Dodson was an English actor born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, who played many roles in films and on television.
Patrick Sherrard was an English cricketer. Sherrard was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Mickleover, Derbyshire and educated at Stowe School.
Herbert Langford Wilson was an English cricketer active from 1913 to 1930 who played for Sussex and was club captain from 1919 to 1921. He was born in Guilsborough, Northamptonshire and died in Uckfield. He appeared in 145 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm slow. He scored 6,226 runs with a highest score of 187 among six centuries and took 26 wickets with a best performance of four for 19.
Major-general Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Baronet, was a British Army officer. Born into an historic and noble family, he joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) as a second lieutenant in 1897. He served on the staff during the Second Boer War, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. During the First World War, he served again as a staff officer with the British Expeditionary Force. In 1917 he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier-general and appointed to the secretariat of the Supreme War Council (SWC). Wake led E Branch, responsible for advising the British military representative, General Sir Henry Wilson on enemy strength and supply. Wake's unit predicted the 1918 German spring offensive but countermeasures recommended by the SWC were ignored by the British commander-in-chief Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. Towards the end of the war Wake predicted that Germany would remain the predominant military power in Europe.