Related Research Articles
Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests,Rhodes took 127 wickets and scored 2,325 runs,becoming the first Englishman to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches. He holds the world records both for the most appearances made in first-class cricket,and for the most wickets taken (4,204). He completed the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in an English cricket season a record 16 times. Rhodes played for Yorkshire and England into his fifties,and in his final Test in 1930 was,at 52 years and 165 days,the oldest player who has appeared in a Test match.
George Giffen was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. An all-rounder who batted in the middle order and often opened the bowling with medium-paced off-spin,Giffen captained Australia during the 1894–95 Ashes series and was the first Australian to score 10,000 runs and take 500 wickets in first-class cricket. He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame on 26 February 2008.
George Gibson Macaulay was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1935. He played in eight Test matches for England from 1923 to 1933,achieving the rare feat of taking a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket. One of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1924,he took 1,838 first-class wickets at an average of 17.64 including four hat-tricks.
Paul Andrew Strang is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former international player. A leg-spinning all-rounder,he played in 24 Test matches and 95 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe between 1994 and 2001. He played Test cricket alongside his brother,Bryan Strang;their father,Ronald Strang,was a first-class umpire and was TV umpire for two of Zimbabwe's Test matches in 1994/5.
James Moffat Allan was a Scottish cricketer. He was an all-rounder who bowled slow left-arm orthodox and batted right-handed and was described by his Wisden obituary as "the best all-rounder Scotland ever produced".
Edward Ingram was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace/leg spin bowler,he played 48 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1928 and 1953 including nineteen first-class matches. He also played county cricket for Middlesex,playing twelve times between 1938 and 1949.
John William Lee,generally known as Jack Lee,was an English cricketer who played for Somerset from 1925 to 1936,having played one match for Middlesex in 1923. He was an all-rounder,scoring six centuries and taking ten wickets in a match on two occasions by the end of his career. He was killed on active service with the British Army during the Second World War.
Stephen John Randall is a former English cricketer. Randall is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nottingham,Nottinghamshire.
Alan Norris Nelson is a former Irish cricketer. Nelson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Banbridge,County Down,Northern Ireland. He was educated at Banbridge Academy.
Alec John O'Riordan is a former Irish first-class cricketer.
Robert Stormonth Darling was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
Alexander 'Sandy' Brown is a Scottish former first-class cricketer.
Duncan Weir Drummond was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
David Lang Snodgrass is a Scottish former cricketer.
Peter Gordon Duthie is a Scottish chief executive and former cricketer.
Frank Robertson is a Scottish former cricketer and architect.
James Douglas Henderson was a Scottish first-class cricketer and educator.
John Clark is a Scottish former first-class cricketer.
Peter Leitham Gardiner was a Scottish first-class cricketer and footballer.
Alexander 'Sandy' Paris was a Scottish first-class cricketer and schoolmaster.
References
- 1 2 "Player profile: Jack Ker" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Jack Ker" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jack Ker" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Jack Ker" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "List A Matches played by Jack Ker" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jack Ker" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Jack Ker" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ Strang, Sandy (20 June 2012). "Cricket: Busy start for Cricket Scotland President Jack Ker". The Scotsman . Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ Strang, Sandy (29 July 2021). "Sixes of the best to celebrate Kelso's cricketing bicentenary". Southern Reporter . Retrieved 15 June 2022.