Stanley George Ulick Considine (11 August 1901 –31 August 1950) was a first-class cricketer who played as an amateur for Somerset in the 1920s. He was born at Bilaspur in British India.
Considine was also a rugby union player,appearing at stand-off half for Bath,Somerset and,once,for England in France in 1925,though in his one international appearance he played on the wing. [1] He was badly injured in that match and,according to one report,his enthusiasm for sport of all kinds diminished after that. [2]
Educated at Blundell's School,Considine first played cricket for Somerset in 1919,and in 1921 and 1922 was a regular member of the side as a right-handed middle order batsman and a fine cover fielder. His one century was an unbeaten 130 in the match against Worcestershire at Taunton in July 1921. [3] His best season was 1922,when he scored 973 runs and came third in Somerset's batting averages. [4] Wisden wrote of him:"He is so young that if he can spare time to keep up the game he ought to have a bright future." [5]
Considine's appearances became less frequent and after the mid-1920s he rarely played though his final match was not until 1935. He was a solicitor in Bath,like several other Somerset amateurs of the time,such as Reggie Ingle and Bunty Longrigg. In the Second World War he was a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force. [6] He died at Bath,Somerset in 1950.
Charles Frederick Root was an English cricketer who played for England in 1926 and for Derbyshire between 1910 and 1920 and for Worcestershire between 1921 and 1932.
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.
Fred Barratt played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 1914 to 1931 and represented England in five Test matches,one in the home series against South Africa in 1929 and four on the inaugural Test series against New Zealand in the 1929–30 season. He was born in Annesley,Nottinghamshire and died at Nottingham General Hospital,Nottingham.
Harold William Stephenson was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset. He captained Somerset from 1960 until his retirement in 1964.
Charles Victor Tarbox,sometimes known as "Percy" (2 July 1891 –15 June 1978) was an English cricketer who played over 200 first-class games for Worcestershire in the 1920s. He also played at minor counties level for Hertfordshire,and later still stood as a first-class umpire in both England and South Africa. Tarbox's career statistics were fairly modest,but as his obituary in Wisden noted,he frequently chipped in with a few useful runs or wickets,valuable commodities for the generally weak Worcestershire sides of the day.
Reginald Addington Ingle was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1923 to 1939 and captained the side from 1932 to 1937. Ingle also played cricket for Cambridge University,but failed to win a blue. He was born at Bodmin,Cornwall and died at Bath,Somerset.
Roy Cosmo Kerslake is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Somerset,and captained Somerset for one season in 1968. More recently he has been prominent as a cricket administrator,serving as president of Somerset County Cricket Club from 2004 to 2015. He was born at Paignton in Devon.
Leonard George Crawley was an English sportsman and later journalist. He was most accomplished at golf and cricket as detailed below,but also played tennis to a very high standard and was an excellent ice-skater,a good rackets player and a fine shot.
Archibald Young,known as "Tom",was a professional first-class cricketer who appeared for Somerset in more than 300 matches. Though a regular cricketer for a dozen years,he was frequently in poor health because of damage to his lungs during the First World War and he died at the age of 45,less than three years after his most successful cricket season.
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.
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".
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.
John William Lee,generally known as Jack Lee,was an English cricketer who played for Somerset from 1925 to 1936,having played one match for Middlesex in 1923. He was an all-rounder,scoring six centuries and taking ten wickets in a match on two occasions by the end of his career. He was killed on active service with the British Army during the Second World War.
Arthur Ernest Sydney Rippon was an English cricketer who played 102 first-class cricket matches for Somerset as a batsman between 1914 and 1937. In many of his early first-class matches in 1914 and 1919,he opened the batting with his identical twin brother,Dudley Rippon.
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 Ceylon 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.
Cecil Charles Cole Case,known as Box Case,played first-class cricket for Somerset as an amateur batsman between 1925 and 1935. He was born at Frome,Somerset and died at Keyford,which is part of Frome.
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.
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.
Frederic Alexander Waldock played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Somerset between 1919 and 1924,and then for representative sides in his native Sri Lanka between 1927 and 1934. He was born at Colombo,Sri Lanka and died at Galmington,Taunton,Somerset.
James M Jones,known as Jimmy Jones,played first-class cricket for Somerset and Glamorgan in the 1920s. He also appeared in first-class cricket matches for the Wales team.