"Nelson (cricket) Nelson is a piece of cricket slang terminology and superstition. The name, applied to team or individual scores of 111 or multiples thereof (known as double nelson, triple nelson, etc.) is thought to refer to a wicket. Longtime cricket historian and scorer, Bill ""Bearders"" Frindall once referred to it online as ""one eye, one arm and one etcetera"", implying that Nelson's alleged third lost body part was ""something else"", however this is equally mythical. In the 1939 film of ""Goodbye, Mr Chips"" a schoolboy refers to Nelson in these terms: ""One arm, one eye, one destiny"". Umpire David"
"From then on, Shepherd became a fixture on the international scene, his round figure instantly recognisable by players and spectators alike. He was a very jolly character, with red face and white hair under a white flat cap, universally liked on and off the field. Perhaps his most famous quirk was his habit of lifting one foot off the ground whenever the score reached 111, or multiples thereof, they being regarded as unlucky by Shepherd in a ritual dating back to his childhood cricket team days. The number 111 is known as the ""Nelson"", and is considered unlucky for the"
"to in their second-innings by making 222 all out, during which Nelson was again dismissed for a duck, this time by Arthur Mold. Lancashire were set a target of 292 for victory, but were dismissed for 175 in their second-innings chase. He died at Holly Green, Worcestershire, on 2 May 1927. His nephew, Guy Nelson, played first-class cricket. Alfred Nelson (cricketer) Alfred Leonard Nelson (13 November 1871 – 2 May 1927) was an English cricketer. Nelson was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Kenilworth, Warwickshire, and was educated at Radley College and Merton"
"Nelson in 1934 and 1935, and also for Church in 1935. He played cricket in England during the Second World War, for representative British Empire cricket teams, for Civil Defence Services, and for Northamptonshire. Immediately after the end of the Second World War, he played a series of games for New Zealand Services against a Lord's XI, Australian Imperial Forces, WR Hammond's XI, Sir PF Warner's XI, and the Royal Air Force, including a final first-class match in September 1945 against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. Aged 47, he took 6–166 against a team that included Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook and Bill"
"Noel Nelson Noel Nelson (born 13 April 1967) is a former Irish first-class cricketer. Nelson was born at Banbridge in County Down in April 1967, and was educated at Banbridge Academy. An all-rounder at club level, he played one first-class cricket match for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1990. In a drawn match, Nelson batted once and was dimissed without scoring by Craig McKnight. He also bowled fifteen overs with his medium pace, but failed to take a wicket. He toured Zimbabwe in March 1991, playing six minor fixtures. Following this tour, he was not selected again for Ireland,"
"until Nelson beat it in 1983-84, when they scored 641 for seven defending their title against Taranaki. In their next match, in 1984-85, they beat it again, scoring 649 against Wairarapa. The record stood until Manawatu beat it with 650 all out in 1993-94. The Nelson Cricket Association relocated from Trafalgar Park to Saxton Oval in 2009. The Nelson Cricket Association forms part of the Central Districts cricket team, which competes in first-class, List A and Twenty20 domestic cricket competitions. Nelson cricket team Nelson cricket team is a cricket team representing the Nelson Region of New Zealand. It played first-class"
"Robert Nelson (cricketer, born 1970) Robert David Nelson (born 2 July 1970) is an English cricketer. Nelson is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Chiswick, London and later educated at Harrow School. Nelson represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Wiltshire and Sussex in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. In his 3 career List A match he scored 7 runs at a batting average of 7.00, with a"
"beginning a career as an operations manager instead. His brother, Alan Nelson, also played first-class cricket for Ireland. More recently, his nephew, Lee Nelson, has played first-class cricket for the Northern Knights. Noel Nelson Noel Nelson (born 13 April 1967) is a former Irish first-class cricketer. Nelson was born at Banbridge in County Down in April 1967, and was educated at Banbridge Academy. An all-rounder at club level, he played one first-class cricket match for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1990. In a drawn match, Nelson batted once and was dimissed without scoring by Craig McKnight. He also bowled"
"Alan Nelson (cricketer) Alan Norris Nelson (born 22 November 1965) is a former Irish cricketer. Nelson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Banbridge Academy. Nelson made his first-class debut for Ireland against Scotland in 1988. He made three further first-class appearances for Ireland between then and 1991, all of which came against Scotland. In his four first-class appearances, he took 14 wickets at an average of 22.57, with best figures of 5/27. With the bat, he scored 56 runs at an average of 18.66, with"
"Nelson cricket team Nelson cricket team is a cricket team representing the Nelson Region of New Zealand. It played first-class cricket from 1874 to 1891, and currently competes in the Hawke Cup. Cricket was first reported as being played in Nelson in the ""Nelson Examiner"" in March 1844, in a match between the Surveyors of the Land Company and Nelson. Nelson as a representative team played interprovincial cricket as early as 1862, later first playing first-class cricket in 1873-74 against Wellington at the Basin Reserve, becoming the fifth team to play first-class cricket in New Zealand. This match is also"
"Nelson Cricket Club Nelson Cricket Club, based at Seedhill in Nelson, Lancashire, are a cricket club in the Lancashire League. They play at the Seedhill ground in Nelson. Their captain for the 2016 season is Neil Thompson and their professional is Ryan Bailey. Nelson Cricket Club was formed in 1861 when two other local clubs merged. It was a founding member of the Lancashire League in 1892, winning the inaugural championship. The club has gone on to win the league on 21 occasions, the most of any club. During this period the club has fielded prominent cricketers such as Learie"
"Alfred Nelson (cricketer) Alfred Leonard Nelson (13 November 1871 – 2 May 1927) was an English cricketer. Nelson was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Kenilworth, Warwickshire, and was educated at Radley College and Merton College, Oxford. Nelson made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Lancashire in the 1895 County Championship at Aigburth, Liverpool. Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat first, making 207 all out, during which Nelson was dismissed for a duck by Albert Hallam. Lancashire responded in their first-innings by making 138 all out, to which Warwickshire responded"
"high score of 5*. With the ball he bowled 23 wicket-less overs. He currently plays club cricket Brondesbury Cricket Club in the Middlesex County Cricket League. Robert Nelson (cricketer, born 1970) Robert David Nelson (born 2 July 1970) is an English cricketer. Nelson is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Chiswick, London and later educated at Harrow School. Nelson represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Wiltshire and Sussex in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham &"
"of peculiar mannerisms - hops, shuffles, jiggles and so on since an umpire cannot sit down and raise his feet - that he would indulge in if the score was ever a ""Nelson"" multiple. Particularly if the number of wickets also matched - 111/1, 222/2 etc. 111 is also: 111 (number) 111 (One hundred [and] eleven) is the natural number following 110 and preceding 112. 111 is a perfect totient number. 111 is R or the second repunit, a number like 11, 111, or 1111 that consists of repeated units, or 1's. It equals 3 × 37, therefore all triplets"
"Scorecard of A. E. J. Collins Arthur Edward Jeune ""James"" Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914) was an English cricketer and soldier, most famous for his achievement as a schoolboy of what was, for 116 years, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket—628 not out, scored over four afternoons in June 1899. Collins's record-making innings drew a large crowd and increasing media interest: spectators at the Old Cliftonian match being played nearby were drawn away to watch a junior school house cricket match. Collins's record score was never matched until 2016, when Pranav Dhanawade scored 1009 not out. Fall"
"notable for having ended in a tie, the eighth time this had happened and one of sixty occasions overall that a first-class match has ended in such a result. Over the coming seasons, Nelson averaged one first-class match a year, all but one of them against Wellington, before appearing in first-class cricket for a final time in 1891 against Wellington at Trafalgar Park. Nelson played 17 times in first-class cricket, winning nine and losing seven. Nelson used three home grounds during this period, all of them in the city of Nelson: Victory Square, the Botanical Gardens and Trafalgar Park. The"
"Guy Nelson Guy Montague Blyth Nelson (8 August 1900 – 13 January 1969) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 13 matches for Warwickshire in 1921 and 1922. He was born at Coten End in Warwick and died at Great Bourton, near Banbury, in Oxfordshire. Nelson was educated at Rugby School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, but while at Cambridge University he did not play even in trial matches for the university cricket team, although in both 1921 and 1922 he was included in the Warwickshire side which played the University team, often a subtle way of trying"
"individual score was 29, by Nelson's Henry Boddington. In the seven matches 1703 runs were scored for the loss of 250 wickets, an overall average of 6.81. The highest team total was Nelson's 150 in 1882-83. Of the 27 innings, only four reached 100, all by Nelson. Edward Boddington of Nelson made the highest individual score, 36, in 1885-86. On only five occasions did a batsman reach 30. The best bowling figures in an innings were Harry Hole's 8 for 37 for Nelson in the first match, and the best match figures were Andrew Percy Bennett's 12 for 18 for"
"Nelson Betancourt Nelson Betancourt (4 June 1887 – 12 October 1947) was a cricketer who was a useful batsman and an occasional wicketkeeper and bowler. He was born in Trinidad and died there. His career, at first glance, was a long one spanning the years 1905 to 1930 but in truth he played only sporadically, with long periods of cricket inactivity. His first-class debut came in Trinidad’s victory over Jamaica at Sabina Park, Kingston in August 1905, but it was more than two years before he made his second appearance. His highest score, 71 not out, was scored against British"
"Robert Nelson (cricketer, born 1912) Robert Prynne Nelson (7 August 1912 in Fulham, London – 29 October 1940 in Deal, Kent) was an English cricketer active from 1931 to 1939 who played for Middlesex and Northamptonshire (Northants). He was Northants club captain in the 1938 to 1939 seasons. He appeared in 77 first-class matches as a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm orthodox spin. He scored 3,394 runs with a highest score of 123 not out, one of two centuries, and took 62 wickets with a best performance of three for 7. During the Second World War, Nelson was a Second"
"1875 and 1887 Nelson played seven matches at Victory Square that are now recognised as first-class. Nelson won all six matches against Wellington and lost the other match to Auckland. Scores were extremely low and there were some notable bowling figures. Harry Hole took 8 for 37 and 2 for 24 for Nelson in his only first-class match. Thomas Armitage of Wellington, also playing in his first first-class match, took 5 for 18 and 4 for 24. The highest score was 31, made by two Wellington batsmen in the first innings. The Eden brothers were the main destroyers for Nelson:"
"of Adelaide Oval, behind the Sir Donald Bradman Stand. Neil Dansie Hampton Neil Dansie OAM (born 2 July 1928) is a former first-class cricketer and long-term administrator for South Australia. Nicknamed ""Nodder"" due to his habit of nodding in agreement when in conversation, Dansie was born in Nuriootpa, South Australia, the grandson of Sam Dansie, a leading country cricketer who represented a Broken Hill team against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club side. Dansie moved to Adelaide with his family as a child and excelled in a wide range of sports, including cricket, Australian rules football and baseball. Dansie made his"
"Geoff Pullar Geoffrey Pullar (1 August 1935 – 25 December 2014) was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and Gloucestershire and in 28 Tests for England. His affectionate nickname was 'Noddy', not, as often said, because, once he was out, he was known to sleep often in the dressing room, but because he was once discovered watching the children's programme there. He was, in any case, a skilled batsman, rarely lifting the ball off the surface while driving elegantly and adept at accumulating by flicking the ball off his toes towards fine leg. Preferring to play off the front"
"Constantine, Kapil Dev and Steve Waugh. Nelson Cricket Club Nelson Cricket Club, based at Seedhill in Nelson, Lancashire, are a cricket club in the Lancashire League. They play at the Seedhill ground in Nelson. Their captain for the 2016 season is Neil Thompson and their professional is Ryan Bailey. Nelson Cricket Club was formed in 1861 when two other local clubs merged. It was a founding member of the Lancashire League in 1892, winning the inaugural championship. The club has gone on to win the league on 21 occasions, the most of any club. During this period the club has"
"Victory Square, Nelson Victory Square is a cricket ground in Nelson, Nelson Region, New Zealand. Located a short distance south-west of Nelson's central business district, it is in a public park of the same name bounded by Vanguard, Toi Toi, St Vincent and Northesk streets. The ground was being used for cricket in the 1858-59 season, when clubs from Nelson and the nearby town of Wakefield played each other there. The first interprovincial match there was in 1862-63, when Nelson played Wellington in a one-day match in which 40 wickets fell for 167 runs on a ""very fiery pitch"". Between"
"out a potential university player. A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, Nelson played for Warwickshire as an amateur and had limited success. His best bowling was a return of four wickets for 53 runs against Surrey in 1921. Nelson was mayor of Warwick three times, a justice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant for Warwickshire; he was awarded the OBE for public service. His uncle Alfred Nelson played first-class cricket for Warwickshire in a single match in 1895. Guy Nelson Guy Montague Blyth Nelson (8 August 1900 – 13 January 1969) was an English cricketer who"
"A. E. J. Collins Arthur Edward Jeune ""James"" Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914), typically now known by his initials A. E. J. Collins, was an English cricketer and soldier. He held, for 116 years, the record of highest score in cricket: as a 13-year-old schoolboy, he scored 628 not out over four afternoons in June 1899. Collins's record-making innings drew a large crowd and increasing media interest; spectators at the Old Cliftonian match being played nearby were drawn away to watch the junior school house cricket match in which Collins was playing. Despite this achievement, Collins never"
"Neil Dansie Hampton Neil Dansie OAM (born 2 July 1928) is a former first-class cricketer and long-term administrator for South Australia. Nicknamed ""Nodder"" due to his habit of nodding in agreement when in conversation, Dansie was born in Nuriootpa, South Australia, the grandson of Sam Dansie, a leading country cricketer who represented a Broken Hill team against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club side. Dansie moved to Adelaide with his family as a child and excelled in a wide range of sports, including cricket, Australian rules football and baseball. Dansie made his first grade cricket debut for Kensington Cricket Club aged"
"Shepherd during a radio interview to mark his retirement explained it as ""One arm, one eye and one lump of sugar in his tea."" It is thought by the superstitious that bad things happen on that score, although an investigation by the magazine ""The Cricketer"" in the 1990s found that wickets are no more likely to fall on Nelson and indeed, the score at which most wickets fall is 0 (a duck). It may be considered unlucky because the number resembles a wicket without bails (a batsman is out if the bails are knocked off their wicket). The New Zealand"
"Geoff Lawson (cricketer) Geoffrey Francis Lawson, OAM (born 7 December 1957) is a former Australian cricketer and the former coach of the Pakistan cricket team. Nicknamed ""Henry"" after the Australian poet, Lawson was a fast bowler for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. He first played for NSW in 1977–78, made his international debut in 1980–81. Lawson made three tours of England, including the 1989 Ashes-winning tour. For a few seasons in the early 1980s, Lawson was Australia's leading fast bowler, but his career suffered from poor luck with injury. Lawson received the Order of Australia in 1990 for services"
"17 matches were extremely low-scoring affairs. Only twice did a side reach 200, and on 40 occasions a side was dismissed for under 100. Nelson's highest team score was 238 at Wellington in 1880-81, when Louis Balmain, in his only first-class match, top-scored with 40, having also top-scored with 50, Nelson's first individual fifty, in the first innings. Nelson's only other fifty was a 52 made by Andrew Bennett at Wellington in 1886-87. The best innings and match figures were 9 for 43 and 5 for 20 (14 for 63 in the match) by Thomas Eden in 1875-76. Bennett, in"
"Noel McGregor Spencer Noel McGregor (18 December 1931 – 21 November 2007) was a Test cricketer who played 25 Test matches for New Zealand between 1954–55 and 1964-65. He was the New Zealand Almanack Player of the Year in 1968. Noel McGregor was born in Dunedin and played for Otago. A batsman who liked to play his strokes, at 17 he hit the first ball he faced in the Plunket Shield for four, and two more boundaries in the same over from Tom Burtt. In 90 first-class matches for Otago between 1947–48 and 1968-69 he scored 4259 runs at an"
"of wickets: 1-127, 2-169, 3-226, 4-268, 5-311, 6-436, 7-451, 8-?, 9-698, 10-836. Notes: Clark's House wins by an innings and 688 runs. Scorecard of A. E. J. Collins Arthur Edward Jeune ""James"" Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914) was an English cricketer and soldier, most famous for his achievement as a schoolboy of what was, for 116 years, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket—628 not out, scored over four afternoons in June 1899. Collins's record-making innings drew a large crowd and increasing media interest: spectators at the Old Cliftonian match being played nearby were drawn away to watch"