List of Middlesex County Cricket Club players

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This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Middlesex County Cricket Club in top-class matches since the club was formally constituted in February 1864. Like the Middlesex county teams formed by earlier organisations from the early 18th century, the county club has always held first-class status. [1] It has held List A status since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963 [2] and has been a top-class Twenty20 team since the inauguration of the Twenty20 Cup in 2003. [3]

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The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he was active as a Middlesex player and then his name is given as it usually appears on match scorecards. Note that many players represented other top-class teams besides Middlesex and some players, such as Nick Compton, left the county but later returned. Current players are shown as active to the latest season in which they played for the club. [4] Players who represented the county before 1864 are included if they also played for the county club but excluded if not. All players known to have represented the county before the formation of the county club are included in List of Middlesex county cricketers to 1863.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Cole played in three first-class matches in 1879, two for Middlesex and one for a United London XI. He took three wickets and scored 45 runs in these matches and is known to have played for a variety of other sides between 1867 and 1886, including Essex and MCC. A member of the MCC ground staff at Lord's, other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known. [5] [6]
  2. ↑ An amateur who had previously played in Hong Kong, Dixon made a single first-class appearance for Middlesex in 1908. Other than a surname and initials no biographical details are known. [7] [8]
  3. ↑ A fast bowler who was on the MCC ground staff at Lord's, Henry took two wickets in his only first-class match, an 1882 fixture against Surrey. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [9] [10]
  4. ↑ Perkins, who was also known as William Carter, played in a single first-class match in 1884. A right-handed batsman who recorded a pair in the match, he was born at Ealing in 1864 and died at Isleworth in 1933. [11] [12]
  5. ↑ A wicket-keeper, Pocknee played a single first-class match in 1884. He was born at Brighton in 1860 and died at Paddington in 1938. [13] [14]
  6. ↑ An amateur batsman, Thompson played twice for Middlesex in 1866 scoring a total of nine runs. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known. [15] [16]
  7. ↑ West played in 86 first-class matches between 1885 and 1896 and stood in one Test match in 1905. Born at Stepney in 1861, he is known to have played cricket from 1880. He was employed as a professional by MCC and made his debut in first-class cricket in 1885, playing for Middlesex against Surrey. Of his 86 first-class matches, 76 were for Middlesex. Considered "a useful medium-paced bowler" who "could hit hard and fielded well" and occasionally played as a wicket-keeper, [17] he scored a total of 1,523 runs, over 1,092 of them for Middlesex, and took 86 first-class wickets. He was member of the ground staff at Lord's for more than 20 years and continued to play in MCC matches until 1898. He umpired more than 250 first-class matches, including the fourth Test match between England and the touring Australians in 1905. West was given benefit seasons by Middlesex in 1903 and 1909, the first player to be awarded a second benefit season by the club. He died in 1920 at Bow in London aged 58. [18] [19] [20]

References

  1. ↑ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (1982) A Guide to First-Class cricket matches played in the British Isles (second edition), p. 11. Nottingham: ACS. (Available online. Retrieved 4 March 2022.)
  2. ↑ "List A matches played by Middlesex". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Twenty20 matches played by Middlesex". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Middlesex players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. ↑ A Cole, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2024. (subscription required)
  6. ↑ A Cole, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  7. ↑ JT Dixon, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2024. (subscription required)
  8. ↑ J Dixon, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ↑ F Henry, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2024. (subscription required)
  10. ↑ Frank Henry, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ↑ George Perkins, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2024. (subscription required)
  12. ↑ George Perkins, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  13. ↑ John Pocknee, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2024. (subscription required)
  14. ↑ John Pocknee, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  15. ↑ M Thompson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2024. (subscription required)
  16. ↑ M Thompson, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  17. ↑ West, John Edward, Obituaries in 1920, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack , 1921. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  18. ↑ [http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/22866.html John West, CricInfo, 1 June 2024.
  19. ↑ Middlesex benefit seasons, Middlesex County Cricket Club. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  20. ↑ John West, CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 August 2022. (subscription required)
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