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Donald Bryce Carr OBE was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967,for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951,and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962,and scored over 10,000 runs for the county.
Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University,Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England,as a right-handed batsman and occasional bowler. An amateur,he captained Yorkshire from 1948 to 1955 and England on fourteen occasions between 1947 and 1950,winning four Tests,losing seven and drawing three. Yardley was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1948 and in his obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack,he was described as Yorkshire's finest amateur since Stanley Jackson.
Frederick Richard Brown was an English amateur cricketer who played Test cricket for England from 1931 to 1953,and first-class cricket for Cambridge University (1930–31),Surrey (1931–48),and Northamptonshire (1949–53). He was a genuine all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling either right-arm medium pace or leg break and googly.
Arnold James Fothergill was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club and the MCC in a career which spanned from 1870 until 1892. A left-arm fast-medium pace bowler,he appeared for England in two Test matches in 1889.
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.
Albert Brian Jackson is a former English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1968 and for MCC in 1967.
George Hector Cook Beet was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1928 and in 1932 and for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1928 and between 1933 and 1938.
Ian Gibson was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University between 1955 and 1958,for Derbyshire between 1957 and 1961 and for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1961.
George Herbert Chesterton MBE was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1949 and 1966. The bulk of his appearances were for Worcestershire,whom he represented between 1950 and 1957. He was capped by the county in 1950. Very much a specialist bowler,he never reached 50 in over 100 first-class innings.
Reginald Gervis Hargreaves was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hampshire. He also played at first-class level for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),an England XI,Gentlemen of England,I Zingari and AW Ridley's XI. He married Alice Liddell,who as a girl had inspired Lewis Carroll's fantasy stories.
Arthur Morton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1903 and 1926. He made over 10,000 runs and took nearly 1000 wickets.
Escott Frith Loney was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1927.
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first-class career.
Thomas Atkinson Higson was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1892,for Derbyshire in 1899,1909 and 1910 and for Lancashire between 1905 and 1923.
This article describes the history of cricket in Pakistan from 1947 to 1970.
Albert Ennion Groucott Rhodes,universally known as "Dusty" Rhodes,was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match umpire.
Frank Henry Vigar was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Essex County Cricket Club between 1938 and 1954. A right-handed batsman,and leg break bowler,Vigar served as an all-rounder with 8,858 runs at 26.28 and 241 wickets at 37.90. From his rained-off debut in 1938,Vigar went on to play 257 matches for his county. His greatest success came in the "golden summer" of 1947,where he scored 1,735 runs and took 64 wickets. A partnership with Peter Smith of 218 for the final wicket remains an Essex record.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1879 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire played their ninth season.
William Territt Greswell was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset from 1908 to 1930. But his career as a tea-planter with the family company in Sri Lanka meant that he appeared in only 115 first-class matches for the county in that period,and was a regular player in only five seasons,dotted over almost 20 years.
Michael Godfrey Melvin Groves is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province,Oxford University,Somerset County Cricket Club,Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Free Foresters between 1961 and 1968. He was born at Taihape,Manawatu,New Zealand.