Durham, also known as the City of Durham, is a cathedral city and civil parish on the River Wear, County Durham, England. It is an administrative centre of the County Durham District, being a successor authority to majority area of the historic county palatine of which it was the county town.
Kincardineshire, also known as the Mearns, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and west, and by Angus on the south.
County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England. The ceremonial county spawned from the historic County Palatine of Durham in 1853. In 1996, the county gained part of the abolished ceremonial county of Cleveland. The largest settlement in the county is Darlington, followed by Hartlepool, and then Stockton-on-Tees. The county town is the city of Durham. The county borders Cumbria to the west, North Yorkshire to the south, and Tyne and Wear & Northumberland to the north.
Durham County Cricket Club started the 2005 season with odds of 20-1 to win the Second Division of the County Championship, and in one-day cricket they started the season in Division Two of the National League. However, they were promoted in both competitions - in the County Championship, they finished second after an initial run of four wins and eight matches without defeat. They only lost two of 16 Championship matches, securing promotion a week before the end of the tournament. In the National League, they were promoted with two weeks to spare, and won their last five matches - yet finished two points behind Sussex Sharks, who had a similar run. The cup competitions gave them lower final placings, however - in the C&G Trophy, they were knocked out in the first round by Derbyshire, and without internationals Mike Hussey and Paul Collingwood, who played in the NatWest Series, they lost five of eight matches in the group stages in the Twenty20 Cup to finish fifth in the North Division.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2005 were in the second division of both the County Championship and the totesport League. At 6–1 odds to win the Second Division of the County Championship, they were likely to struggle again – as they had done since they won the First Division championship in 2001.
The Diocese of Durham is a Church of England diocese, based in Durham, and covering the historic county of Durham. It was created in AD 635 as the Diocese of Lindisfarne. The cathedral is Durham Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Durham who used to live at Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, and still has his office there. The diocese's administrative centre, the Diocesan Office, is located at Cuthbert House, Stonebridge just outside Durham City. This was opened in 2015.
William Rew Smith is an English former first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. He played for Durham County Cricket Club up until his retirement.
David Anthony Graveney is a leading figure in English cricket and former chairman of the England Test selectors, a post he held from 1997 until 2008. Graveney attended Millfield School in Somerset.
Peter Lee (1864–1935) was a miner's leader, county councillor and Methodist local preacher, born in Trimdon Grange, County Durham. He started working in a colliery at the age of ten. He became the chairman of England's first Labour county council at Durham in 1919. He also served as general secretary and then president of the MFGB. The new town of Peterlee was named after him.
The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in the Province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords. Paul Butler has been the Bishop of Durham since his election was confirmed at York Minster on 20 January 2014. The previous bishop was Justin Welby, now Archbishop of Canterbury. The bishop is one of two who escort the sovereign at the coronation.
Graham Grant Wagg is an English cricketer who most recently played for Glamorgan, having been at Warwickshire and Derbyshire.
Tynemouth Cricket Club, formed in 1847, play in the North East Premier League and have done so since their inception in 2000.
The tower house appeared on the Islands of Ireland and Great Britain, starting from the High Middle Ages. Tower houses were constructed in the wilder parts of Great Britain and Ireland, particularly in Scotland, and throughout Ireland, until at least up to the 17th century. The remains of such structures are dotted around the Irish and Scottish countryside, with a particular concentration in the Scottish Borders where they include peel towers and bastle houses. Some are still intact and even inhabited today, while others stand as ruined shells.
Max Osborne is an English cricketer. Osborne is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Orsett, Essex.
Ateeq Javid is a former English cricketer. He started his cricket career at Aston Manor CC where he was picked up for Warwickshire. He played club cricket for West Bromwich Dartmouth in the Birmingham Premier League when he moved on from Aston Manor. He is a right-handed batsman and a right arm off spin bowler. He made his debut for the county in June 2009 against Durham UCCE. Ateeq went to Aston Manor Academy along with professional footballer Saido Berahino, cricketer Recordo Gordon and MMA fighter Leon Edwards.
Keaton Kent Jennings is a South African-born English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club and has represented England. He is a left-handed opening batsman who also bowls right-arm medium-fast. He made his international debut for England in December 2016.
Paul Bernard Muchall is a former English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 2010 and 2013.
Brydon Alexander Carse is a South African born English cricketer who plays for Durham County Cricket Club. Primarily a right-arm fast bowler, he also bats right handed. He is the son of Zimbabwean cricketer James Alexander Carse, who played in England for Northamptonshire. Carse generates good pace and regularly clocks speeds around 90mph(145kph). He made his international debut for the England cricket team in July 2021.