Reginald Erskine Foster, nicknamed Tip Foster, commonly designated R. E. Foster in sporting literature, was an English first-class cricketer and football player. He is the only man to have captained England at both sports.
Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet was an English amateur cricketer who played for Somerset and Oxford University. A graceful right-handed batsman, he was selected to play Test cricket for England twice in 1902. Contemporaries judged Palairet to have one of the most attractive batting styles of the period. His obituary in The Times described him as "the most beautiful batsman of all time". An unwillingness to tour during the English winter limited Palairet's Test appearances; contemporaries believed he deserved more Test caps.
"Fostershire" was a name jocularly applied to Worcestershire County Cricket Club in the early part of the 20th century, shortly after the county had achieved first-class status and admission into the English County Championship. The name came from the fact that seven brothers from the Foster family played for Worcestershire during this period, three of whom captained the club at some point.
Frank Mitchell was an international cricketer and rugby union player.
George Frederick Wheldon was an English sportsman. He was sometimes known as Fred or Freddie Wheldon. In football, he was an inside-forward for England and several Football League clubs, in particular for Small Heath and Aston Villa. In cricket, he was a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, who played county cricket for Worcestershire in their early seasons in the first-class game.
Major Wilfrid Lionel Foster, CBE, DSO was an English Army officer and a first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club in their early years as a first-class team. He was one of the seven Foster brothers, all of whom played first-class cricket for the county. Foster also appeared for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Gentlemen. He was also an amateur footballer, turning out for Corinthian.
Major Arthur William Lupton was an English soldier and amateur first-class cricketer, who played 104 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1908 to 1927. He also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1909), the Gentlemen of England (1910) and H.D.G. Leveson-Gower's XI (1911).
William Henry Brereton Evans was a South African-born English first-class cricketer who played 66 times in the early 20th century. An all-rounder, he played county cricket for Worcestershire and Hampshire, as well as representing the Gentlemen against the Players, but he appeared most for Oxford University, whom he represented on 31 occasions. It was said in Wisden in 1914 that he was "one of the best all-round amateurs of his day," and that if he had played more regularly, it was "quite likely" he would have played for England.
John Alexander Cuffe was an Australian-born English first-class cricketer who played more than 200 times for Worcestershire between 1903 and 1914, having previously made a single appearance for New South Wales. After retiring from county cricket, he stood as an umpire for three years in the 1920s. He also played at least once as a professional for Lowerhouse in the Lancashire League. Cuffe was also a footballer and played ten seasons for Glossop North End in the Football League Second Division.
Humphrey Adam Gilbert was an Indian-born English first-class cricketer who played in 118 matches. All of these were in England, with the majority for Worcestershire and Oxford University. Very much a specialist bowler, his Wisden obituary commented that "His qualities as a batsman [could] be gauged from the fact that in his five innings against Cambridge he scored one run." He was nicknamed Barmy Gilbert.
Guy Mortimer Coleridge Davidge, DSO* was a British Army officer and first-class cricketer. He was born in Woolwich, the son of Francis Elizabeth and Deputy Surgeon-General John George Davidge of the Army Medical Department. He spent the first two years of his life living in Woolwich, then from 1880 he lived on the Island of Malta where his father was serving as a Brigade Surgeon with the Malta Garrison. His younger sister, Ethel Frances Davidge, died of diphtheria on 8 October 1884 while the family were in Malta. They returned to the UK to live in Portsmouth in October 1885 when Guy was aged seven.
Ernest William Bale was an English cricketer who played 148 first-class matches between 1904 and 1920, the great majority of these (138) being for Worcestershire, for whom he was the first-choice wicket-keeper for several years before the First World War. Roy Genders considered that Bale's keeping in 1911, when Worcestershire came ninth in the County Championship — their best finish until 1939 — "contributed greatly towards such an excellent season".
Brigadier Arthur Jervois Turner, was an English cricketer, rugby union player and British Army officer. A right-handed batsman, right-arm underarm medium pace bowler and occasional wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for various teams between 1897 and 1914, predominately for Essex. He also played for the Egypt national cricket team. His other sporting interests included Rugby Union, and he played for Blackheath F.C. and Kent at that sport.
Cloudesley Henry Bullock Marsham, also known as Slug Marsham, was an English amateur cricketer. Primarily a batsman, he played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1900 and 1922 and is most notable for having captained the Kent side to the County's first County Championship title in 1906. Marsham served as a captain in the West Kent Yeomanry during the First World War.
John Edward Raphael was a Belgian-born sportsman who was capped nine times for England at rugby union and played first-class cricket with Surrey. He was also a Liberal politician.
Admiral Sir George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon, KCB was a distinguished Royal Navy officer as well as an English sportsman who played first-class cricket and represented the England national rugby union team.
Walter Richards was an English first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edward Boscawen Frederick, 9th Baronet, was a British Army officer, first-class cricketer and courtier.
Lionel Peter Collins DSO, OBE, CB, CSI was an English cricketer and British Indian Army officer. Collins played minor counties cricket for Berkshire and after attending Keble College, Oxford first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club. He joined the British Army after university and in 1901 was seconded to the Indian Staff Corps, serving with the Gurkha Brigade of the British Indian Army. He was in England and North America in 1907 playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club and later appeared for the Army and Navy and Free Foresters cricket teams. Collins served with the Gurkhas on the Western Front of the First World War and received the Distinguished Service Order in 1915 for actions during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. He later returned to British India and was mentioned in dispatches for service in Baluchistan. Collins was with British forces during the Third Anglo-Afghan War of 1919 and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his actions. From 1932 to 1936 he was a brigadier and commandant of the Indian Military College at Dehra Dun.
