List of Manchester Cricket Club players

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This is a complete list in alphabetical order of cricketers who played first-class cricket matches for Manchester Cricket Club. Manchester played a total of 13 matches between 1844 and 1858 which have been retrospectively classified as first-class. [1] [2] The club is first recorded in matches from 1822.

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The club is a fore-runner of Lancashire County Cricket Club which was formed in 1865. A team with the Lancashire name played four first-class matches, all against Yorkshire sides, between 1849 and 1851. [lower-alpha 1] Players who played in these matches only are not included in the list below. [lower-alpha 2]

Many players represented other teams besides Manchester. [3]

A

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
John Adamthwaite 1845Adamthwaite's only first-class match was for the side. He played other matches between 1832 and 1845. [4]
William Armitstead 1852One of his 14 first-class matches was for Manchester, his debut in 1852. Played mostly for Oxford University. [5]
Aspinall1844Is known to have only played in one cricket match, a first-class match for the side against a Yorkshire XI. Other than a surname there are no biographical details. [6]

B

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
Samuel Baldwinson 1845–1846Baldwinson mainly played for Yorkshire sides from 1844, but appeared three times for Manchester, playing against a Yorkshire side in 1845 and twice against Sheffield sides in 1846. [7]
Robert Barlow 1852Barlow's only first-class match was for the side. [8]
Richard Bellhouse 1846–1858Eight of his 15 first-class matches were for Manchester. Bellhouse also played in three of the Lancashire matches against Yorkshire between 1849 and 1851. Brother of Thomas Bellhouse. [9]
Thomas Bellhouse 1846–1854All five of his first-class matches were for Manchester. In four of them he played alongside his brother Richard. [10]
Lea Birch 1844–1845First played for Manchester in 1826. Both of his first-class matches were for the side. Father of Scholes Birch. [11]
Scholes Birch 1845–1852Played three matches for the side as well as in three of the Lancashire–Yorkshire matches between 1849 and 1851. Son of Lea Birch. [12]
Joseph Birley 1852Birley's only first-class match was for Manchester. [13]
Thomas Blain 1852Played twice for Manchester, having played one first-class match for a Lancashire side the previous year. [14]
David Bleakley 1852–1854Played twice for Manchester and made three first-class appearances for the Gentlemen of the North. [15]
C. Bradshaw1844–1848Played in a total of seven first-class matches, five of which were for Manchester and two for Lancashire in 1849. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known. [16]
Henry Brandt 1854Brandt's only first-class match was for the club. [17]
Stephen Braybrooke 1844–1845Both of his first-class matches were for Manchester [18]
John Buttery 1852Buttery played twice for Manchester, having played in both of the Lancashire matches in 1849. Buttery was employed as a professional at the club from 1847 to 1852. Previously he had played for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire sides. [19] [20]

C

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
William Caffyn 1858Played in 200 first-class matches, one of which was for Manchester. Caffyn also played in one of the 1851 Lancashire matches. [21]
James Clegg1854Clegg's only first-class match was for the club. [22]
George Cooke 1848–1858Cooke played seven times at first-class level for Manchester as well as in all four of the Lancashire matches between 1849 and 1851. [23]
Henry Cooke1844–1848All five of Cooke's first-class matches were for the club. [24]

D

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
Samuel Dakin 1852One of his 45 first-class matches was for Manchester, a match against MCC whom he was employed by as a professional. [25] [26]
Thomas Davis 1857A professional who played just one of his 18 first-class matches for Manchester. [27] [28]
Alfred Diver 1852Another professional who played two of his 84 first-class matches for Manchester. [29] [30]

E

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
John Earl 1844–1845Both of his first-class matches were for Manchester. Father of John Henry Earl. [31]
John Henry Earl 1852Played in one match for Manchester and one for a Lancashire side in 1849. Son of John Earl. [32]
Charles Elmhirst 1848Played his only first-class match for Manchester. [33]

G

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
W. Galloway1852–1854Both of Galloway's first-class matches were for Manchester, both against Sheffield. He played for the side until 1858 in club matches and also appeared for Sheffield in a club match against Manchester in 1853. Other than a surname and initial there are no biographical details known. [34]
Arthur Girling 1845–1848Played in eight first-class matches, six for Manchester and two for sides named The North. [35]

H

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
R. Hampson1845Made his only first-class appearance for Manchester, although he played club matches for the side between 1827 and 1855. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known. [36]
Thomas Heighes 1857Played once for Manchester having made both of his other first-class appearances in the two 1851 Lancashire matches. [37]
Tom Hunt 1846–1858Played eight times for Manchester and in both of the Lancashire matches in 1849. Hunt also played nine times for Yorkshire sides between 1845 and 1851 and for Sheffield in 1858. He made a total of 39 appearances in first-class matches. [38]

K

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
William Kington 1858Played a single first-class match for Manchester in 1858 before making three further first-class appearances in 1875 and 1876, two of which were for Gloucestershire and one for the Gentlemen of the MCC. He played a further club match for Manchester in 1859. [39]

L

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
John Lillywhite 1848–1857Three of Lillywhite's 185 first-class matches were for Manchester. He played 100 times for Sussex and for a variety of other sides in first-class cricket. [40]

M

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
William Mackworth 1848One of Mackworth's two first-class appearances was for Manchester. The other came for Cambridge University in 1845. [41]
Joseph Makinson 1857Barrister who played in 27 first-class matches, including one for Manchester. Makinson played for Lancashire after the formation of the county club. [42] [43]
James Marchanton1854Made a single first-class appearance. [44]
Edward Martin 1848Played in 41 first-class matches, mainly for Kent. Played twice for Manchester 1848 as well as a number of times in club matches during the same year, one in which he did not appear for any other side. [lower-alpha 3] [45] [46]
J. Martin1846Is recorded in only two matches, both first-class matches for Manchester in 1846. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known. [47]
T. McConnell1844Played a single first-class match. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known. [48]
Pierrepont Mundy 1845Played in nine first-class matches for seven different teams. One of these was for Manchester. [49]

P

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
Elgar Pagden 1846–1848All four of Pagden's first-class matches were for Manchester. [50]
John Payne 1858One of Payne's four first-class matches was for the club, the others coming for sides representing the North. [51]
Frederico Perera 1857–1858Played twice for the club and twice for the Gentlemen of the North. [52]
Henry Pickford 1844–1857Played in 11 first-class matches, including seven for Manchester and both of Lancashire's 1849 fixtures. [53]
J. E. Price1852A single known match. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known. [54]

R

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
Charles Rogers 1858Played one of his two first-class matches for the side. [55]
Alexander Rowley 1854–1858Played in 31 first-class matches, three of which were Manchester, making his first-class debut for the side at the age of 16. Played for Lancashire after the formation of the county club. He was influential in the formation of Lancashire as a county club in 1864 and was its chairman from 1869 to 1877 and President between 1874 and 1880. Brother of James Rowley. [56] [57]
James Rowley 1852–1854Two of his five first-class matches were for Manchester and he also played in both of Lancashire's 1851 fixtures. Brother of Alexander Rowley. [58]

S

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
Shepherd1844–1845Is known to have played in only two matches, both first-class ones for the club. [59]
John Sherman 1844–1852Born in 1788, most of Sherman's 27 first-class matches were played between 1809 and 1823 for teams in the south of the country. He played in six matches for Manchester in his later years. [60]
Thomas Smelt 1848–1852Both of Smelt's first-class matches were for the club. [61]

T

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
S Taylor1852Played in 11 first-class matches, mainly for MCC. He made one appearance for Manchester in 1852 against his normal side. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known. [62]
Frederick Thackeray 1845One of Thackeray's 31 first-class matches was for Manchester. He played most frequently for MCC and Cambridge University. [63]

W

NameSeasonsCommentsRef
Edward Whitlow 1852–1854Two of Whitlow's three first-class appearances were for Manchester. [64]
John Whittington 1858Played once for Manchester and in three first-class matches for the Gentlemen of the North. [65]
John Wisden 1852–1857Wisden, who established Wisden Cricketer's Almanack , played twice for the side as a given man. [66]
J. Womack1845–1852Played four times for Manchester, having appeared on a Yorkshire XI against the club in 1844 in his other first-class match. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known. [67]
Edward Wright 1844–1848Six of Wright's seven first-class matches were for Manchester. He also appeared in one of Lancashire's 1849 fixtures. Other than his name there are no biographical details known. [68]
Henry Wright 1857–1858Played primarily for Yorkshire and Sheffield sides as well as for teams such as the North and various All England XIs. Made two appearances for Manchester sides, one against Surrey and the other against Sussex. [69]

Notes

  1. ↑ During the same period Manchester, which was the dominant side in Lancashire, played matches against Sheffield Cricket Club, the dominant side in Yorkshire. Early matches between the two county sides were largely organised by the respective club sides.
  2. ↑ Players who only played for Lancashire sides were generally from other parts of the county and so did not play for distinct Manchester sides in any matches.
  3. ↑ There is some doubt about whether or not there were two Edward Martin's playing cricket during the 1840s and 1850s. It is possible that a different player appeared in the matches for Manchester, all of which occurred during one season. [45]

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