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Bill Edrich

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William John Edrich DFC (26 March 1916 – 24 April 1986) was a first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Norfolk and England. [1]

58 relations: Adelaide, Alf Valentine, Association football, Australian cricket team in Australia in 1946–47, Batting (cricket), Brian Edrich, Bristol Blenheim, Buckinghamshire, Chesham, Cologne, David Frith, Denis Compton, Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), Durban, England cricket team, English cricket team in Australia in 1954–55, Eric Edrich, Fast bowling, First-class cricket, Frank Tyson, Geoff Edrich, Glenelg, South Australia, History of cricket in South Africa from 1918–19 to 1945, John Edrich, John Warr, Justin Edrich, Keith Miller, Lingwood and Burlingham, List A cricket, Lord's, Macmillan Publishers, Marylebone Cricket Club, Middlesex County Cricket Club, Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, New Zealand national cricket team, Norfolk, Norfolk County Cricket Club, Norwich City F.C., Not out, Off break, RAF Bomber Command, Ralph Barker, Ray Lindwall, Royal Air Force, Sonny Ramadhin, Squadron leader, Test cricket, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, Tom Hayward, ..., Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Walter Robins, West Indies cricket team, Wisden Cricketers of the Year, World War II, 1,000 first-class runs before the end of May, 1946–47 Ashes series, 1948 Ashes series. Expand index (8 more) »

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

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Alf Valentine

Alfred Louis Valentine (28 April 1930 – 11 May 2004) was a West Indian cricketer in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Australian cricket team in Australia in 1946–47

The 1946–47 Australians defeated the touring England team 3–0 in the 1946–47 Ashes series.

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Batting (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket.

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Brian Edrich

Brian Robert Edrich (18 August 1922 – 31 May 2009) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent and Glamorgan between 1947 and 1956.

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Bristol Blenheim

The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire, abbreviated Bucks, is a county in South East England which borders Greater London to the south east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north east and Hertfordshire to the east.

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Chesham

Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Cologne

Cologne (Köln,, Kölle) is the largest city in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth most populated city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich).

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David Frith

David Edward John Frith (born 16 March 1937) is a cricket writer and historian.

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Denis Compton

Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex.

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Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, instituted for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".

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Durban

Durban (eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay/lagoon") is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third most populous in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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England cricket team

The England cricket team represents England and Wales (and, until 1992, also Scotland) in international cricket.

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English cricket team in Australia in 1954–55

Len Hutton captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1954–55, playing as England against Australia in the 1954-55 Ashes series and as the MCC in other matches on the tour.

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Eric Edrich

Eric Harry Edrich (27 March 1914 – 9 July 1993) was an English first-class cricketer.

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Fast bowling

Fast bowling is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket.

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Frank Tyson

Frank Holmes Tyson (6 June 1930 – 27 September 2015) was an England cricketer of the 1950s, who also worked as a schoolmaster, journalist, cricket coach and cricket commentator after emigrating to Australia in 1960.

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Geoff Edrich

Geoffrey Arthur Edrich was born in Lingwood, Norfolk, on 13 July 1918.

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Glenelg, South Australia

Glenelg is a beach-side suburb of the South Australian capital of Adelaide.

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History of cricket in South Africa from 1918–19 to 1945

This article describes the history of South African cricket from the aftermath of the First World War in 1919 to the end of the Second World War in 1945.

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John Edrich

John Hugh Edrich, (born 21 June 1937) is a former English first-class cricketer who, during a career that ran from 1956 to 1978, was considered one of the best batsmen of his generation.

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John Warr

John James Warr (16 July 1927 – 9 May 2016) was an English cricketer.

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Justin Edrich

Justin Wells Edrich (born 17 January 1961) is a former English cricketer who played in five List A matches for Suffolk County Cricket Club.

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Keith Miller

Keith Ross Miller, (28 November 1919 – 11 October 2004) was an Australian test cricketer and a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War II.

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Lingwood and Burlingham

Lingwood and Burlingham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, comprising the large village of Lingwood together with the smaller villages of Burlingham Green, North Burlingham and South Burlingham.

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List A cricket

List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket.

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Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known simply as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.

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Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers Ltd (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group) is an international publishing company owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.

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Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club, generally known as the MCC, is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's cricket ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England.

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Middlesex County Cricket Club

Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket

The Minor Counties are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that are not afforded first-class status.

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New Zealand national cricket team

The New Zealand national cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.

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Norfolk County Cricket Club

Norfolk County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county cricket clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or City) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk.

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Not out

In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings.

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Off break

Off break is the type of delivery in the sport of cricket.

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RAF Bomber Command

RAF Bomber Command controlled the RAF's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968.

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Ralph Barker

Ralph Hammond Cecil Barker (born 21 October 1917, Feltham, Middlesex – died 16 May 2011) was an English non-fiction author with over twenty-five books to his credit.

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Ray Lindwall

Raymond Russell Lindwall MBE (3 October 1921 – 23 June 1996) was a cricketer who represented Australia in 61 Tests from 1946 to 1960.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Sonny Ramadhin

Sonny Ramadhin (born 1 May 1929) is a former West Indian cricketer, and was a dominant bowler of the 1950s.

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Squadron leader

Squadron leader (Sqn Ldr in the RAF; SQNLDR in the RAAF and RNZAF; formerly sometimes S/L in all services) is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence.

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Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket and is considered its highest standard.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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Tom Hayward

Thomas Walter Hayward (29 March 1871 – 19 July 1939) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey and England between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War I. He was primarily an opening batsman, noted especially for the quality of his off-drive.

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Tottenham or Spurs, is an English football club in Tottenham, London, England, that competes in the Premier League.

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Walter Robins

Robert Walter Vivian Robins (3 June 1906 – 12 December 1968) was an English cricketer and association football player.

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West Indies cricket team

The West Indies cricket team, colloquially known as and (since June 2017) officially branded as the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West Indies.

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Wisden Cricketers of the Year

The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season".

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1,000 first-class runs before the end of May

A batsman has scored 1,000 first-class runs before the end of May in an English cricket season on only eight occasions.

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1946–47 Ashes series

The 1946–47 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of six days with five hours play each day and eight ball overs.

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1948 Ashes series

The 1948 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing cricket rivalry between England and Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Edrich

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