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Richard "Dick" John English (23 August 1942 ― 2024) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Suffolk.
English picked up his only List A cricketing appearance for Suffolk in the 1966 Gillette Cup, against Kent. Batting in the lower order, he scored a duck in the only List A innings in which he batted. He picked up figures of 1-59 with the ball, his sole wicket being that of Colin Cowdrey. [1]
He played for the county in 82 Minor Counties Championship matches making him Suffolk's most capped player in the competition. [2]
He was one of only six Suffolk players to take over 125 wickets and score over two and a half thousand runs.[ citation needed ]
Derek Leslie Underwood was an English international cricketer. In retirement he became president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2008.
In the 1772 English cricket season, it became normal practice to complete match scorecards and there are surviving examples from every subsequent season. Scorecards from 1772 have been found for three eleven-a-side matches in which the Hampshire county team played against an England team, and for one top-class single wicket match between Kent and Hampshire. The three Hampshire v England matches have been unofficially recognised by certain sources as first-class, although no such standard existed at the time. Prior to 1772, only four scorecards have survived, the last from a minor match in 1769.
Richard Pollard was an English cricketer born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, who played in four Test matches between 1946 and 1948. A fast-medium right-arm bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman who made useful runs on occasion, he played for Lancashire between 1933 and 1950, taking 1,122 wickets in 298 first-class matches; he is 10th highest wicket-taker for Lancashire.
Derek Walter "Dick" Richardson is an English former cricketer, who played in one Test for England in 1957. His county cricket career was spent entirely with Worcestershire.
In the 1773 English cricket season, there was a downturn in the fortunes of the Hambledon Club as their Hampshire team lost every match they are known to have played, and some of their defeats were heavy. Their poor results owed much to star bowler Thomas Brett having been injured. Three other county teams were active: Kent, Middlesex and Surrey. Teams called England took part in five matches, all against Hampshire, and won all five.
The New Zealand cricket team toured England in the 1965 season, playing three Test matches in the first half of a damp summer. England later hosted a second three-match series against South Africa, the first time two Test series were played in a single English cricket season since the 1912 Triangular Tournament.
Liam Andrew Dawson is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire and for the England cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin. He made his international debut for England in July 2016, and has since played all three formats of the game for England, the last in 2022. Dawson was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, however, he did not play in any matches during the tournament.
John Richard Mason, known as Jack Mason, was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1893 and 1914, captaining the team between 1898 and 1902. He played for England in five Test matches on A. E. Stoddart's 1897–98 tour of Australia.
Richard Burtenshaw Elms is an English former professional cricketer. He played first-class and List A one-day cricket for Kent and Hampshire County Cricket Clubs as a left-arm fast-medium bowler, before embarking on a coaching career in South Africa.
Somerset County Cricket Club competed in four domestic competitions during the 2009 English cricket season: the first division of the County Championship, the Friends Provident Trophy, the first division of the NatWest Pro40 League and the Twenty20 Cup. Through their performance in the Twenty20 Cup, the team qualified for the Champions League Twenty20. They enjoyed a successful season, but fell short of winning any competitions, prompting Director of Cricket Brian Rose to say "We've had enough of being cricket's nearly men."
The 1979 Gillette Cup Final was a cricket match between Somerset County Cricket Club and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club played on 8 September 1979 at Lord's in London. It was the seventeenth final of the Gillette Cup, which had been the first English domestic knock-out competition between first-class sides. Northamptonshire had won the competition in 1976; Somerset were playing their second consecutive final, having lost to Sussex in 1978.
George Cyril Perkins was an English cricketer. Perkins was a right-handed batsman who bowled both slow left-arm orthodox and left-arm medium pace. He was born in Wollaston, Northamptonshire. On 4 June 2011 he became the 13th former first-class player to reach 100 years of age, and the fourth county cricketer to do so. Following the death of Syd Ward in January 2010, Perkins held the distinction of being the oldest living first-class cricketer.
Robert Paul Gofton is a former English cricketer. Gofton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire.
John Michael Hargreaves is a former English cricketer. Hargreaves was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Colin Rutterford is a former English cricketer. Rutterford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Lakenheath, Suffolk.
John Frank Cadman is a former English cricketer and field hockey player. Cadman was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born in Colchester, Essex.
Giles Nicholas Spencer Ridley is a former English cricketer. Ridley was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.
Kelly Shannon Castle is an English cricketer who currently plays for Essex. She plays as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting right-handed.
Ryana Lucelle MacDonald-Gay is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey and Oval Invincibles. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.