William Eric Hollies was an English cricketer,who is mainly remembered for dismissing Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings,in which he needed only four runs for a Test average of 100. Hollies played all his first-class cricket career for Warwickshire,taking 2,323 wickets at less than 21 apiece.
Alfred Percy "Tich" Freeman was an English first-class cricketer. A leg spin bowler for Kent County Cricket Club and England,he is the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season,and is the second most prolific wicket-taker in first-class cricket history.
Edric"Eddie" Leadbeater was an English cricketer who played in two Tests in 1951. He was born in Lockwood,Huddersfield,West Riding of Yorkshire,and died in Huddersfield.
Vincent Paul Clarke is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg-break bowler who played for Somerset,Leicestershire and Derbyshire during a five-year first-class career.
Arnold Frederick Townsend was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1934 to 1950.
Melville Ryan was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1954 to 1965. He was born in Huddersfield,and died in the Kirkland Hospice at Dalton in Huddersfield.
Charles Augustus Ollivierre was a Vincentian cricketer who represented the West Indies in matches before they attained Test match status. Born in St Vincent,Ollivierre initially played first-class cricket for Trinidad;he was selected to tour England with the West Indies team in 1900. He later qualified to play first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1907,becoming the first black West Indian to play for an English county. Ollivierre was reasonably successful in county cricket and had a reputation as a stylish batsman. However,he dropped out of first-class cricket after 1907 owing to eye trouble.
Ian Gibson was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University between 1955 and 1958,for Derbyshire between 1957 and 1961 and for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1961.
James William Arthur Taylor is an English former cricketer and cricket selector who played for Nottinghamshire and England. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg break bowler,Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major impressions in his first county seasons. He is noted as being a fine fielder in the covers. He became the youngest Leicestershire one-day centurion and first-class double centurion. In 2009,Taylor also became the youngest player in Leicestershire's history to score 1,000 championship runs in a season. A promising talent in his 34 white-ball appearances for England,Taylor was forced into retirement at just 26 years of age due to a previously undiagnosed heart condition.
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first-class career.
Hubert Laurence Johnson was a Barbados-born cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966,scoring more than 14,000 runs.
David Aubrey Davies was a Welsh cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born in Swansea,Glamorgan.
David James Barrick is an English cricketer. Barrick is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break googly. He was born in Pontefract,Yorkshire.
Claude Hilary Taylor was an English cricketer. Taylor was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born in Leicester,Leicestershire.
Peter David Watts was an English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire between 1958 and 1967. He also played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire and Shropshire. He was born at Henlow,Bedfordshire and educated at Bedford Modern School.
Reginald Carey Franklin was an English cricketer. Franklin was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Radford,Warwickshire,and was educated at Repton School.
Thomas Arthur Hilditch was an English cricketer. Hilditch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sandbach,Cheshire.
Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet was an English cricketer best known for inventing the googly,a delivery designed to deceive the batsman. When bowled,it appears to be a leg break,but after pitching the ball turns in the opposite direction to that which is expected,behaving as an off break instead. Bosanquet,who played first-class cricket for Middlesex between 1898 and 1919,appeared in seven Test matches for England as an all-rounder. He was chosen as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1905.
Gerald Lester was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire. He was born at Long Whatton,Leicestershire and died at Leicester.
Eric Joseph Hewitt was an English first-class cricketer who played in one match for Warwickshire in 1954 and in another single game for the Combined Services in 1957. He was born in Erdington,Birmingham;the exact date and the place of his death are not known.
