Stanley Long Amor (22 July 1887 –7 August 1965) was an English first-class cricket for Somerset irregularly for a period of more than 20 years.
A tail-end batsman and wicketkeeper,Amor played exactly half of his 26 first-class matches for Somerset in games at Bath,and his first-class career never took him further north than Worcester,though that visit brought him his highest first-class score of 21. [1] [2]
Primarily,Amor was a club cricketer,acting as captain and wicketkeeper for Bath Cricket Club from 1914 to 1950,and president and chairman after that. [3] That he might have made the grade at a higher level of cricket is suggested by the fact that,in the 1922 and 1923 seasons,he figured in late-season festival cricket at Eastbourne and Hastings,playing for South v North,for the Royal Air Force (Ex-Service) side against the Rest of England,and for The Rest against Lord Cowdray's XI,alongside notable cricketing names such as Jack Hobbs,Frank Woolley,Percy Fender and the Gilligans. [4] [5] [6]
He was awarded the OBE.
Harold Gimblett was a cricketer who played for Somerset and England. He was known for his fast scoring as an opening batsman and for the much-repeated story of his debut. In a book first published in 1982,the cricket writer and Somerset historian David Foot wrote:"Harold Gimblett is the greatest batsman Somerset has ever produced." Gimblett is a member of the Gimblett family,an Anglo-French family who arrived in Britain in the early 18th century from Metz. The family spread out over Britain,with branches located in Somerset,Scotland,and South Wales. There are variations of the spelling of the name,including Gimlet,Gimlette,and Gimblette.
George Owen Dawkes was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1937 and 1939 and for Derbyshire between 1947 and 1961 as a wicket keeper and a lower-order right-handed batsman. During the 1949–50 season he toured India with a team of players making up a Commonwealth XI.
Graham Atkinson was a cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset and Lancashire. He was born in Lofthouse,Wakefield,Yorkshire,England.
Peter James Eele was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset and was later a first-class umpire.
Terence Ian Barwell is a South African-born former cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset over a 10-season period from 1959 to 1968. He later represented Wiltshire in the Minor Counties and played List A cricket for both Wiltshire and for Minor Counties representative sides. He became a schoolteacher.
Alec George Gordon Cunningham,was a cricketer who played two first-class matches for Somerset in the 1930 cricket season.
Terence George Owen Cole played first-class cricket for nearly a quarter of a century,but only totalled 20 first-class matches in all.
John Lawrence was a diminutive Yorkshire-born cricketing all-rounder whose middle or lower order batting and leg-break and googly bowling were of great importance to Somerset in the 10 cricket seasons immediately after the Second World War.
Arthur Albert Brinkley Pape was an English cricketer who played one first-class match for Somerset in 1912.
Edward George Northway was a first-class cricketer for Somerset and for the Royal Air Force.
Peter Randall Johnson was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University,Somerset and several amateur sides in a long first-class cricket career that stretched from 1900 to 1927. During his career,he appears to have been known,somewhat formally,as "P. R. Johnson";modern websites refer to him as "Randall Johnson". Somerset colleague Jack MacBryan,who didn't like him,called him "Peter Johnson".
John Mark Herbert Jewell was an English first-class cricketer played for Worcestershire in two matches in the 1939 season.
Harry Chidgey was a first-class cricketer who played for Somerset as a wicketkeeper between 1900 and 1921,and a Test match umpire. He was born and died at Flax Bourton,Somerset.
Guy Fife Earle was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Surrey and Somerset for 20 years before and after the First World War. He also played in India,Sri Lanka,Australia and New Zealand as a member of official Marylebone Cricket Club touring teams,though he did not play Test cricket.
Michael Hanna,played first-class cricket for Somerset and List A and Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire. He also played rugby union for Bath and for Somerset.
Geoffrey Clayton was an English professional first-class and List A cricketer for Lancashire and Somerset between 1959 and 1967. He was a lower-order batsman and a wicketkeeper.
Walter Stanley Wilde played first-class cricket for Somerset in seven County Championship matches in the 1929 season. He was born in Long Ashton,Somerset and died at Clevedon,Somerset.
Alan George Marshall played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1914 and 1931. He was born at Chennai,India,then called Madras,and died at Pettistree,Woodbridge,Suffolk. The date of his death is recorded in his obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as 14 March 1973 and his first name in that reference is spelled "Allan".
Mervyn Llewellyn Hill was a Welsh first-class cricket wicketkeeper and batsman for Somerset between 1921 and 1932,and also appeared in matches for Glamorgan and Cambridge University. He was also a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team that toured India in 1926–27 and helped lay the foundation for India's entry into Test cricket.
John David Currie was a sportsman who played rugby union for England in 25 Test matches and also appeared in first-class cricket matches for Somerset and Oxford University. He was born at Clifton,Bristol and died at Leicester.