"Somerset County Cricket Club in 1885 The 1885 season was an ""annus horribilis"" for Somerset County Cricket Club. Captained by Ted Sainsbury, who had taken over from Stephen Newton, captain for the previous three seasons, they played six first-class cricket matches. Somerset's only win of the season came in their first match; all the other were lost. Two of the losses, those away against Gloucestershire and Surrey, number among the county's ten heaviest defeats. Somerset were unable to field a full team for their fourth match, which coupled with their poor results and lack of fixtures resulted in the club"
"the introduction of Four Day County Championship Cricket. Mike Murray (cricketer) Michael Patrick Murray (born 14 May 1930) is an English retired banker, cricketer and administrator. He was born in Westminster and represented Middlesex as a right-handed batsman in 1952 and 1953. He also captained Beddington C.C. and the Middlesex 2nd XI. He led a successful banking career with Lloyd's Bank. He joined the Middlesex County Cricket Club Cricket Committee in 1958 and the General Committee in 1960. He served as Treasurer (1975–1984), Chairman (1984–1993) and President (1997–1998). He also chaired the Test and County Cricket Board Finance Committee and"
"Kent County Cricket Club in 2010 In 2010, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division One of the County Championship, Group C of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Provident t20. Kent also hosted three-day first-class matches at the St Lawrence Ground against Loughborough MCCU and the touring Pakistanis. It was the first season in charge for Director of Cricket Paul Farbrace. The club captain was former England batsman Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006. Kent's overseas players were South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini until late May, and Sri Lankan"
"and left Corinthian-Casuals and joined Charlton Athletic. He went on to manage Corinthian-Casuals between 1970 and 1975. He is the father of the former England wicket-keeper, Alec Stewart. At Lord's in 1991, Stewart was able to watch his son Alec score a Test century, something that had eluded him. Micky Stewart Michael James Stewart (born 16 September 1932) is an English former cricketer, coach and administrator. A right-handed batsman, Stewart's international career was hampered by illness that curtailed his first overseas tour – serving as vice-captain in India in 1963–64 – and he made only eight Test appearances in all,"
"County Cricket Club batsman John Cartledge (1855–1907). Coincidentally, Cartledge's only Test match appearance was cut short by Burton Joyce-born Alfred Shaw (1842–1907) in 1878; Shaw was an eminent Victorian cricketer known for his captaincy of England in four Test matches on the all-professional tour of Australia (1881–82). Media figures include Hollywood film producer Jack Kitchin (1901–1983), ballet critic Peter Williams (1914–1995), Sherrie Hewson (born 1950), known for her frequent performances in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", and Matthew Horne (born 1978), an actor and comedian best known for his leading role in the sitcom ""Gavin & Stacey"". Other figures of"
"Middlesex to 54/9. The following day he scored his maiden first-class century, making 103 runs from 71 balls, the fastest County Championship century of the season, setting a Kent record for the highest score made by a number 10 batsman. Stewart and Ivan Thomas put on a century partnership for the last wicket, Thomas contributing only one run, equalling the lowest contribution made by a batsman to a 100 run partnership. Grant Stewart (cricketer) Grant Stewart (born 19 February 1994) is an Australian born professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He made his first-class cricket debut for"
"of the Midland Football League & Redditch United of the Southern Premier League. There is also Droitwich United, Evesham United, Kempsey F.C. Malvern Rangers, Malvern Wanderers, Nunnery Woods and Pershore Town. The county is home to Worcestershire County Cricket Club, traditionally first stop on for the touring national side's schedule in England. Formed officially in 1865, the Club initially played in Boughton Park, before moving to its current New Road ground, which today can host 5,500 spectators, in 1895. The Club has won five County Championships in its history, most recently in 1989. Worcester Rugby Football Club, the Worcester Warriors,"
"Club and was mentioned in ""Wisden"". Stuart Surridge became captain of Surrey in 1952 and led them to their first of a record seven successive County Championships. (They had shared the trophy with Middlesex in 1950). In 1953 Barrington joined this formidable Surrey team including Alec and Eric Bedser, Peter May, Jim Laker, Tony Lock, Peter Loader and Arthur McIntyre. Their bowling line up was of Test class and it was for his growing batting skills that the young Barrington was called up. He made his first-class cricket debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in their traditional match against"
"catches and made 3 stumpings. Stephen Perrin Stephen Michael Perrin (born 27 October 1970) is a former English cricketer. Perrin was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He also played football at semi-professional level for Forest Green Rovers. He was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. Perrin made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1989 against Wales Minor Counties. From 1989 to 2004, he represented the county in 100 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Wales Minor Counties. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came"
"Barry Stewart (English cricketer) Barry Stewart (born 3 December 1980) is an English cricketer. Stewart is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in North Shields, Northumberland. Stewart made his debut for Northumberland in the 1999 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Durham Cricket Board. Stewart played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1999 to 2003, which included 9 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his only List A appearance against Leicestershire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he took the wicket of Chris Lewis for the cost of"
"county in the Minor Counties Championship, the last of which came against Berkshire at the Christ Church Ground, Oxford. His playing span of 34 years from 1904 to 1938 is the longest career span by an Oxfordshire cricketer, some four years ahead of Keith Arnold's thirty years, though Arnold's thirty-year span was unbroken. He had on occasion also captained the county. He died at Brixworth, Northamptonshire, on 2 February 1960. Stewart Lee (cricketer) Stewart Charles Burnaby Lee (1885 – 2 February 1960) was an English cricketer. Lee's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at Thame, Oxfordshire. Lee"
"scorer and has made the most appearances for the County in first-class cricket whilst Hardinge, who at the time also played football for Newcastle United, is second on both lists. James Seymour, who played in all 22 Championship matches during the season, is the fourth leading run scorer in the County's history and has made the third most appearances for Kent. The side also included Jack Mason, who captained the side in the one game Marsham did not play, and Cuthbert Burnup, both past county captains as well as Arthur Day, who went on to be one of the Cricketers"
"followed as new captain Alec Stewart – son of Micky – led the team to the Sunday League title in 1996. This in turn proved to be the catalyst for further success under the captaincy of Adam Hollioake and the influence of Keith Medlycott, who was county coach from 1997 to 2003. County Championship triumphs in 1999, 2000 and 2002 were complemented with Benson and Hedges Cup victories in 1997 and 2001, a National League Division Two title in 2000 and the inaugural Twenty20 Cup in 2003. This was in spite of the death of the highly talented all-rounder Ben"
"in the County Championship era, serving between 1957 and 1971. Ted Dillon led the county to the County Championship title three times, the only man to captain Kent to more than one championship title. Mike Denness' side of the early 1970s won six one-day titles in his five years as captain. Of the players in the current squad Joe Denly and Sam Billings have appeared in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and T20 internationals for the England cricket team. Heino Kuhn, who signed a Kolpak contract in March 2018, has played Test and T20 cricket for South Africa and Fred Klaassen,"
"58 runs from 10 overs. With the bat, he scored 2 runs before being dismissed by Anil Kumble. Barry Stewart (English cricketer) Barry Stewart (born 3 December 1980) is an English cricketer. Stewart is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in North Shields, Northumberland. Stewart made his debut for Northumberland in the 1999 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Durham Cricket Board. Stewart played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1999 to 2003, which included 9 Minor Counties Championship matches and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his only List A appearance against Leicestershire in"
"Kent County Cricket Club in 2011 In 2011, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group A of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20. Kent also hosted a Twenty20 match at the St Lawrence Ground against the touring Indians, and a three-day first-class MCC Universities match against Loughborough MCCU, also at the St Lawrence Ground. It was the second and final season in charge for Director of Cricket Paul Farbrace. The club captain was former England batsman Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006. Pakistan"
"Peter McGinnity Peter McGinnity (born October 1953), is a former Gaelic footballer and manager who hails from Roslea in County Fermanagh. Manager/Coach Peter McGinnity from Roslea played for Fermanagh for the best part of twenty years. He captained Ulster to two Railway Cups and also won two others. He won three SFCs with his native Roslea Shamrocks as well as three (in three years!) in Antrim with St John’s, Belfast. With the latter, he won an Ulster club championship and played in an All-Ireland club final. He played for his county at under 21 level for five years, winning two"
"the county in 16 Trophy matches, the last of which came when Berkshire played the Channel Islands in the 2001 MCCA Knockout Trophy. Additionally, he also played List-A matches for Berkshire. His List-A debut for the county came against Lancashire in the 1997 NatWest Trophy. From 1997 to 2001, he represented the county in 6 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy when Berkshire played Essex at Sonning Lane in Reading. In his 6 matches, he scored 90 runs at a batting average of 18.00, with a high score of 30. Stewart"
"Peter May (cricketer) Peter Barker Howard May (31 December 1929 – 27 December 1994) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey, Cambridge University and England. Already a cricketing prodigy during his school days, May played his entire cricket career as an amateur, and was regarded by players and fans alike as England's finest batsman in the post-war era. He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1981, and was posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009. Born in Reading, Berkshire, he was educated at Leighton Park junior school, Charterhouse and Pembroke"
"his debut by taking six catches for Warwickshire. Poynter plays his club cricket at Sunbury CC in the Surrey Championship alongside, Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex), Andrew Balbirnie (Ireland & Middlesex), Paul Stirling (Ireland & Middlesex) and Shane Getake (Ireland) Poynter scored his first first-class century on 18 October 2015 in a tour match against Zimbabwe A in Harare. Poynter's uncle, Deryck Vincent also represented Ireland. He is also the younger brother of retired ireland international Andrew Poynter. Stuart Poynter Stuart William Poynter (born 18 October 1990 in Hammersmith, London) is an English-born Irish cricketer who currently plays for Durham County Cricket"
"Mike Powell (English cricketer) Michael James Powell (born 5 April 1975 in Bolton) is an English cricketer and coach who played for and captained Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He also played for Griqualand West in South Africa in the 2001–02 season, and three matches for Otago in New Zealand in the 2005–06 season. He captained Warwickshire from 2001 to 2003. In the 2001 season, the team were promoted from Division Two to Division One of the County Championship, and in the 2002 season they finished as runners-up in Division One, as well as winning the Benson & Hedges Cup Final"
"Mike Murray (cricketer) Michael Patrick Murray (born 14 May 1930) is an English retired banker, cricketer and administrator. He was born in Westminster and represented Middlesex as a right-handed batsman in 1952 and 1953. He also captained Beddington C.C. and the Middlesex 2nd XI. He led a successful banking career with Lloyd's Bank. He joined the Middlesex County Cricket Club Cricket Committee in 1958 and the General Committee in 1960. He served as Treasurer (1975–1984), Chairman (1984–1993) and President (1997–1998). He also chaired the Test and County Cricket Board Finance Committee and published ""The Murray Report"" in 1992, which recommended"
"the concept of a Champion County was much older. Kent was duly proclaimed ""Champion County"" in 1837 and through most of the 1840s. Mainstays of the Kent team in those years included Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, Nicholas Wanostrocht ""aka"" ""Felix"", Ned Wenman and William Hillyer. On 6 August 1842, formation of the original Kent County Cricket Club took place in Canterbury. The new club played its initial first-class match against All-England at White Hart Field in Bromley on 25–27 August 1842. On 1 March 1859 a second county club was established in Maidstone to support the Canterbury club. The two"
"Counties Championship. He also made one appearance in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, against Suffolk in 1988. He later joined Hertfordshire, making his debut for the county in the 1990 Minor Counties Championship against Northumberland at Osborne Avenue, Jesmond. He made 24 further appearances in the Minor Counties Championship for the county, the last of which came against Lincolnshire in 1997. He also made seven MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances for Hertfordshire. Peter Waterman (cricketer) Peter Andrew Waterman (born 26 March 1961) is a former English cricketer. Waterman was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Pinner, Middlesex."
"Middleton Cricket Club Middleton Cricket Club, based in Middleton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester are an English Cricket team currently playing in the Central Lancashire League. Basil D'Oliveira, Hedley Verity, Roy Gilchrist and Peter Sleep are all past Professionals who have at one time or another played Test Cricket. The only actual amateur from the Club to play Test Cricket was the legendary Fast Bowler Frank Tyson. Recently they signed Michael Smith as their professional for the upcoming 2011 season. Michael currently plays for the Chevrolet Warriors in domestic Cricket in South Africa, and is a right-handed"
"Stephen Perrin Stephen Michael Perrin (born 27 October 1970) is a former English cricketer. Perrin was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He also played football at semi-professional level for Forest Green Rovers. He was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. Perrin made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1989 against Wales Minor Counties. From 1989 to 2004, he represented the county in 100 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Wales Minor Counties. Perrin also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1991. From"
"clothing and equipment to Berkshire, Herefordshire and Cambridgeshire. He is the current coach of the Unicorns cricket team, which plays in the Clydesdale Bank 40. Philip Oliver (cricketer) Philip Robert Oliver (born 9 May 1956) is a former English cricketer. Oliver was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Oliver made his debut in county cricket for Shropshire in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship against Durham, with Oliver representing the county from 1972 to 1974. It was for Shropshire that he made his List A debut for against Essex in the 1974"
"Hoggard. Seven members of the current Yorkshire side are present or former England internationals, Tim Bresnan, Ryan Sidebottom, Joe Root, Gary Ballance, Jonny Bairstow, Adil Rashid and Liam Plunkett. In addition, some of the most famous names in world cricket have played for the county, including Sachin Tendulkar, current Australia Coach Darren Lehmann and current Yorkshire team coach and former Australian international Jason Gillespie. In addition, Test match cricket has been played at Headingley since 1899. The stadium has also been used in several ICC Competitions including the Cricket World Cup. Leeds is home to a number of field hockey"
"professional who would have a lot of work to do on the tour. In 1958 life looked good for Peter May of Charterhouse, Cambridge, Surrey and England; his county had been County Champions for seven years running, with May the captain for the last two seasons, and England had never been defeated under his leadership. Vice-captain on the triumphant tour of Australia in 1954-55 he had beaten South Africa 3-2 in 1955, considered by many to have been the most exciting Test series since the war, Australia 2-1 in 1956, the West Indies 3-0 in 1957 and New Zealand 4-0"
"few matches and club cricket continued. County matches were not resurrected until 1825 when Kent met Sussex at Brighton's Royal New Ground. By the 1830s Kent sides began to dominate English cricket, winning 98 matches during the period and being declared the leading county side for six seasons out of the seven between 1837 and 1843. During this period the formation of county sides was initially focussed on Town Malling Cricket Club, backed by lawyers Thomas Selby and Silas Norton alongside William Harris, 2nd Baron Harris. Selby and Norton recruited ""the best batsman in England"", Fuller Pilch from Norfolk, to"
"his retirement with his wife Violet. The couple had one son, Brian, who also played cricket for Suffolk. Mayes died in Suffolk in July 2013 aged 90. Dicky Mayes Richard Mayes (7 October 1922 – 10 July 2013), known as Dicky Mayes, was an English professional cricketer who played 80 first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1947 and 1953. Mayes, who was considered a stylish batsman, later coached cricket and played for Suffolk County Cricket Club. He had served in World War II. Mayes was born at Littlebourne in Kent and joined the Kent staff at Canterbury"
"The traditional Minor counties, plus Huntingdonshire and the ""cricket boards"" of the 18 first-class counties, as well as a Channel Islands team. The 2002 competition, which was won by the Warwickshire Cricket Board, remains the only time a non-Minor county has won the competition. This format was discontinued after 2002 and the competition is again a purely Minor counties affair. The most successful Counties are Devon and Norfolk, who have won the competition five times. The current champion is Berkshire who defeated Lincolnshire in the 2017 final by four wickets at Wormsley Park in Buckinghamshire. ""Updated 14 April 2018"" MCCA"
"Home Counties cricket team A Home Counties cricket team was a cricket team formed of players who represented counties which were considered a part of England's home counties. The team first appeared in 1862 in a minor match against Southgate Cricket Club. The team later appeared once in first-class cricket in 1899 against The Rest at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings. The team for their only first-class match consisted of Arthur Turner and Sailor Young of Essex; Alec Hearne and Bill Bradley of Kent; Francis Ford and Andrew Stoddart of Middlesex; Bobby Abel, Tom Hayward and Digby Jephson of Surrey"