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Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial county of Greater London. The club was founded in 1864 but teams representing the county have played top-class cricket since the early 18th century and the club has always held first-class status. Middlesex have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
The Hearne family was a notable English cricketing family. Thirteen members of the family played first-class cricket,including five for Kent County Cricket Club and five for Middlesex County Cricket Club. Six played Test cricket:four for England,one for South Africa,and one represented both England and South Africa. Three members of the family were awarded the distinction of being names as Wisden Cricketers of the Year,J.T. Hearne in 1892,Alec Hearne in 1894 and J.W. Hearne in 1912. Other members also made notable contributions to the game.
Timothy James Murtagh is a retired English-born Irish cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club.
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Hertfordshire.
Thomas Hearne was an English professional cricketer who played for Middlesex county teams,including the new county club,from 1859 to 1875. He was employed by Marylebone Cricket Club on their ground staff at Lord's and he played in many matches for the club's teams from 1857 to 1876. Hearne travelled to Australia in 1861–62 as a member of the first English team to tour the country. He was born in Chalfont St Peter,Buckinghamshire,and died in Ealing,Middlesex. His brother was George Hearne Sr and they began a cricketing dynasty,thirteen family members becoming first-class players.
County cricket teams representing Middlesex have been traced back to the 18th century,although for long periods the county was secondary to the London Cricket Club which played at the Artillery Ground. Middlesex teams played at various grounds throughout what is now the Greater London area. Islington and Uxbridge were often used but home matches were also played on Kennington Common and in Berkshire. Middlesex teams were less frequent in the 19th century until 1859 when the Walker family of Southgate became involved in county cricket.
1947 was the 48th season of County Championship cricket in England. It is chiefly remembered for the batting performances of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich who established seasonal records that,with the subsequent reduction in the number of first-class matches,will probably never be broken. Their form was key to their team Middlesex winning the County Championship for the first time since 1921,although they were involved in a tight contest for the title with the eventual runners-up Gloucestershire,for whom Tom Goddard was the most outstanding bowler of the season. Compton and Edrich were assisted by the fact that it was the driest and sunniest English summer for a generation,ensuring plenty of good batting wickets.
1865 was the 79th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). W. G. Grace made his debut as a first-class player and the new Lancashire County Cricket Club played its first match.
The 1787 cricket season in England is noteworthy for the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) after the opening of Thomas Lord's first ground in the parish of Marylebone,north of London. MCC soon became the sport's governing body with the new ground as its feature venue. The first match known to have been played at Lord's was on Monday,21 May,between the White Conduit Club and a Middlesex county team. The first match known to involve a team representing MCC was against White Conduit on Monday,30 July. Including these two,reports and/or match scorecards have survived of numerous eleven-a-side matches played in 1787. Eleven are retrospectively,but unofficially,recognised as first-class.
Thomas Westley is an English professional cricketer who has played Test cricket for the England cricket team. He is a top order right-handed batsman who occasionally bowls offbreaks and has played first-class cricket for Essex County Cricket Club since 2006. He began his cricket career at Weston Colville Cricket Club in Cambridgeshire.
Justin Wells Edrich is a former English cricketer who played in five List A matches for Suffolk County Cricket Club. He is the son of Bill Edrich and was a right-handed batsman who captained his school cricket team at Wymondham College in 1978,and then he went on to represent Suffolk (1981–1992),Middlesex 2nd XI (1980–1988),Norfolk &Suffolk (1984) and Past Suffolk (2004).
Sam David Robson is an Australian-born English cricketer who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club.
John Andrew Simpson is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. Simpson is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman who won the Denis Compton Award in 2004 at Lancashire,and 2011 at Middlesex. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in July 2021.
Brunton Memorial Ground is a cricket ground at Radlett in Hertfordshire. The ground is the home of Radlett Cricket Club and,since 2013,has been used as an outground by Middlesex County Cricket Club. It was used occasionally by Hertfordshire County Cricket Club between 1975 and 2008 for Minor Counties Championship matches.
Thomas Edward Savill is a former English cricketer. Savill is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Sheffield,Yorkshire.
Thomas Michael John Smith is an English cricketer who plays for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.
Thomas Simpson was an English cricketer. Simpson was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born at Keyworth,Nottinghamshire.
Thomas George Helm is a cricketer who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club. A fast bowler from Buckinghamshire,Helm signed for Middlesex in June 2012 when he was 18.
In English cricket,the years 1846–1863 were the main period of the sport's "roundarm era". Although roundarm had been legalised amid great controversy,its timespan was relatively short. By 1863,there was an increasing demand for the legalisation of overarm bowling and this was achieved on 10 June 1864.