Related Research Articles
Taunton is a large town in Somerset, England. The town's population in 2011 was 69,570. Taunton has over 1,000 years of religious and military history, including a 10th-century monastery and Taunton Castle, which has origins in the Anglo Saxon period and was later the site of a priory. The Normans then built a stone structured castle, which belonged to the Bishops of Winchester. The current heavily reconstructed buildings are the inner ward, which now houses the Museum of Somerset and the Somerset Military Museum.
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 gained 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.
Victor James "Vic" Marks is a sport journalist and former professional cricketer.
The County Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as Cooper Associates County Ground, and nicknamed Ciderabad, is a cricket ground in Taunton, Somerset. It is the home of Somerset County Cricket Club, who have played there since 1882. The ground, which is located between Priory Bridge Road and St James Street, has a capacity of 8,500. The ground was originally built as part of a sports centre by Taunton Athletic Club in 1881, and became the home of the previously nomadic Somerset County Cricket Club soon after. Having leased the ground for ten years, the club bought the ground in 1896, under the guidance of club secretary Henry Murray-Anderdon. The ground ends are the River End to the north and the Somerset Pavilion End to the south.
Jeremy William Lloyds is an English cricket umpire.
Keith Alan Parsons is an English cricketer who played first-class for Somerset between 1992 and 2008. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.
Arul Vivasvan Suppiah is a former Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1999, and county cricket in England for Somerset.
The 1983 English cricket season was the 84th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The third Prudential World Cup was won by India. New Zealand won a Test series in England for the first time. Essex won the Schweppes County Championship and Yorkshire won the Sunday League. The MCCA Knockout Trophy was inaugurated.
Wesley John Durston is an English cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire, having represented Somerset between 1999 and 2009, and the Unicorns during the 2010 season. He learnt his cricket at Millfield School and is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler.
Jeremy David Batty is an English former professional cricketer, who played for Yorkshire and Somerset as a right-handed batsman, and off spin bowler.
Craig Kieswetter is an English professional golfer and former cricketer who appeared in 71 matches for the England cricket team between 2010 and 2013. Born and raised in South Africa, Kieswetter moved to England to complete his education, and began playing county cricket for Somerset in 2007. Three years later, he made his international debut in a One Day International (ODI) against Bangladesh. A wicket-keeper batsman, he was considered a one-day specialist, and all his international appearances came in ODIs or Twenty20 Internationals.
Jeremy Thompson was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Wiltshire. He was born in Bath, Somerset.
Alan Geoffrey Thomas Whitehead, born at Butleigh, Somerset on 28 October 1940, is a former first-class cricketer and umpire.
Graham Iefvion Burgess is a former first-class cricketer who made over 450 appearances for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1966 and 1980. A right-arm medium pace bowler and a right-handed lower middle-order hitter, Burgess is described by Cricinfo as "a good old-fashioned county professional". After his retirement from professional cricket, Burgess qualified as a first-class umpire, and stood in over 500 county cricket matches between 1990 and 2008, when he retired. He also umpired a number of international matches, including Youth Test matches, Youth One Day Internationals and Women's One Day Internationals.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1913 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for forty two years. It was their nineteenth season in the County Championship and they won four matches to finish thirteenth in the Championship table.
West Hendford Cricket Ground was a first-class cricket ground in Yeovil, Somerset. The land for the ground was first leased by Yeovil Cricket Club in 1874 and was also used for a range of other sports, most significantly hosting Yeovil Rugby Club in the 1890s and then again from 1935 until the ground was closed. Significant improvements were made to the ground during the 1930s, including the opening of a new pavilion jointly funded by the Rugby and Cricket clubs. The ground was demolished in 1944 when Westland Aircraft extended their factory, and both Yeovil Cricket Club and Rugby Club moved to Johnson Park.
Jeremy Richard Goode is a former English cricketer. Goode was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Northampton, Northamptonshire.
Martin Olive played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset from 1977 to 1981. He also played Minor Counties and List A cricket for Devon. He was born at Watford, Hertfordshire.
Jeremy Lloyd Lawlor is a Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and Cardiff MCC University. He is a right-handed batsman who also bowls right-arm medium fast. He made his first-class debut for Cardiff MCC University against Glamorgan in April 2015. He made his List A debut on 25 April 2019, for Glamorgan in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup. He made his T20 debut on 18 July 2019, for Glamorgan against Somerset, in the 2019 t20 Blast.
Sophie Natasha Luff is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset and Western Storm. Luff came from a cricketing family in Lympsham, near Weston-super-Mare; both her father and brother also play cricket. During her childhood, she played boys cricket with Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club and captained the boy's team at Hugh Sexey’s Middle School; she later also played alongside the boys at The Kings of Wessex Academy. She attracted the attention of both Somerset and England, and represented England schoolgirls and later featured as part of the England academy, captaining both sides during her time with them.
References
- ↑ "Jeremy Hallett". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 5 April 2011.