List of Royal Air Force first-class cricketers

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The Royal Air Force played seven of their eleven first-class matches at The Oval (pictured). Controversial Test.jpg
The Royal Air Force played seven of their eleven first-class matches at The Oval (pictured).

From their first match in 1922 to their final match in 1946, 63 players represented the Royal Air Force cricket team in first-class cricket. A first-class match is a domestic cricket match between two representative teams, each having first-class status, as determined by the governing body for cricket in the country where the match is being played. [1] First-class matches consist of matches of three or more days' duration, between two teams of eleven players, played on turf pitches. [1]

Contents

The Royal Air Force was formed during World War I in 1918, with the Royal Air Force cricket team being formed in 1919 and playing its first against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in the same year.

This list includes all players who have played at least one first-class match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first cap in the same match, those players are initially listed by batting order at the time of debut.

Key

General

  • Double-dagger-14-plain.png – Captain
  • Dagger-14-plain.png – Wicket-keeper
  • First– Year of debut for RAF
  • Last– Year of latest match played for RAF
  • Mat– Number of matches played for RAF

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

List of players

No.NameNationalityFirstLastMatInn Runs HS Avg Balls Wkt BBI Ave Ca St
Batting Bowling Fielding
1 Jack Hobbs [2] Flag of England.svg  England 1922192211272727.0000––10
2 Wally Hardinge [3] Flag of England.svg  England 192219221210797107.0000––00
3 Alfred Jeacocke [4] Flag of England.svg  England 19221922121477.0000––10
4 Frank Woolley [5] Flag of England.svg  England 192219221216108.00150105/316.6010
5 Percy Fender [6] ♠Flag of England.svg  England 1922192212151315.006611/1922.0030
6 Harold Gilligan [7] Flag of England.svg  England 1922192211111111.00180––20
7 Francis Musson [8] Flag of England.svg  England 1922192211000.0000––00
8 George Geary [9] Flag of England.svg  England 1922192211101010.0020463/209.1600
9 Charlie Parker [10] Flag of England.svg  England 1922192211000.008732/89.0000
10 Abe Waddington [11] Flag of England.svg  England 1922192211444.00600––00
11 Stanley Amor [12] †Flag of England.svg  England 192219221111* –00––13
12 Edward Northway [13] Flag of England.svg  England 19271928361328326.4000––10
13 Morton Shapcott [14] Flag of England.svg  England 19271932482466835.1400––20
14 Charles Blount [15] ♠Flag of England.svg  England 1927193061038311038.30530123/1624.5890
15 Gerald Livock [16] †Flag of England.svg  England 1927193224984332.6600––31
16 Reginald Fulljames [17] Flag of England.svg  England 192719328141734714.411,659387/2520.9270
17 Ernest Fawcus [18] Flag of England.svg  England 192719295829111541.5745384/5125.7540
18 Cecil Wigglesworth [19] Flag of England.svg  England 1927192711191919.00240––00
19 Brian Baker [20] ♠Flag of England.svg  England 192719328133036625.2500––50
20 Leslie Bray [21] Flag of England.svg  England 192719271111* –00––10
21 Peter Utley [22] Flag of England.svg  England 1927192833393013.00702113/1821.1830
22 Cyril Cooke [23] Flag of England.svg  England 192719306851208.501,033237/7621.3040
23 Walter Beisiegel [24] ♠Flag of England.svg  England 19281931581725424.5700––40
24 Victor Croome [25] †Flag of England.svg  England 19281930581243617.7100––64
25 Leonard Slatter [26] Flag of England.svg  England 192819281111* –720––00
26 Cyril Adams [27] Flag of England.svg  England 1928193251017346* 19.22646113/6233.9040
27 Edmund Hudleston [28] Flag of England.svg  England 1929193147973813.8500––10
28 Charles Steele [29] Flag of England.svg  England 19291929231476349.0000––00
29 Douglas Macfadyen [30] Flag of England.svg  England 19291931241192.7516422/5931.5000
30 Leonard Jennings [31] Flag of England.svg  England 19291930235545* 27.50300––10
31 Ronald Sugden [32] Flag of England.svg  England 192919302317125.66900––00
32 Jack Holmes [33] ♠Flag of England.svg  England 19301932361665927.6633684––20
33 Nigel Jerram [34] Flag of England.svg  England 19301930117843* 78.0000––10
34 Tom Pollitt [35] Flag of England.svg  England 1931193112201410.0000––20
35 Geoffrey Longfield [36] Flag of England.svg  England 193119322436269.0021022/5169.0000
36 Douglas Bader [37] Flag of England.svg  England 1931193112666533.0000––00
37 Francis Hodder [38] Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 19311931111110* –16811/6969.0010
38 Holford White [39] Flag of England.svg  England 1932193212502525.0000––00
39 Colin Boumphrey [40] Flag of England.svg  England 1932193212313115.5000––00
40 Roy Scoggins [41] Flag of England.svg  England 1932193212110.5017255/11222.4000
41 Geoffrey Udal [42] Flag of England.svg  England 193219321200* –13822/10552.5010
42 Cyril Washbrook [43] Flag of England.svg  England 1945194512764438.0000––00
43 Stan Squires [44] Flag of England.svg  England 1945194512763.50240––00
44 Bill Edrich [45] Flag of England.svg  England 19451945129550* 95.009621/3132.0000
45 Bob Wyatt [46] ♠Flag of England.svg  England 1945194512575157.0000––10
46 George Cox [47] Flag of England.svg  England 1945194512363118.0000––00
47 Dennis Brookes [48] Flag of England.svg  England 1945194511202020.0000––02
48 Albert Nutter [49] Flag of England.svg  England 1945194511000.0013822/6040.0000
49 Syd Buller [50] †Flag of England.svg  England 194519451199* –2580––00
50 Reg Partridge [51] Flag of England.svg  England 194519451100* –10833/4124.3300
51 Austin Matthews [52] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1945194510–––19853/1815.6600
52 Neville Shelmerdine [53] Flag of England.svg  England 1945194510–––00––00
53 Hugh Sells [54] Flag of England.svg  England 1946194612462623.0000––10
54 Thomas Thornton [55] Flag of England.svg  England 1946194612292314.50480––00
55 Don Kenyon [56] Flag of England.svg  England 1946194612000.0000––10
56 Luke White [57] Flag of England.svg  England 1946194612754637.5000––00
57 Leo Harrison [58] †Flag of England.svg  England 1946194612333016.5000––22
58 Brian Trubshaw [59] Flag of England.svg  England 1946194612211.0000––00
59 Alan Shirreff [60] ♠Flag of England.svg  England 194619461216168.0021664/3917.6600
60 Bernard Constable [61] Flag of England.svg  England 19461946127156* 71.0018655/13126.2020
61 Myles Boddington [62] Flag of England.svg  England 1946194612232311.50180––10
62 William Faulkner [63] Flag of England.svg  England 1946194612231811.501440––10
63 Norman Gavin [64] Flag of England.svg  England 1946194612522952.0020433/7634.0010

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