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Cricket poetry

Index Cricket poetry

The game of cricket has inspired much poetry, most of which romanticises the sport and its culture. [1]

71 relations: A Shropshire Lad, A. E. Housman, A. N. Hornby, Alan Ross, Albert Craig (rhymester), Alf Valentine, Alfred Mynn, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Andrew Lang, Ball of the Century, Brahma (poem), Buttocks, Concept album, County Championship, Cricket, Cricket in fiction, Cricket in film and television, Cricket pitch, Crimea, David Rayvern Allen, Dick Barlow, Dreadlock Holiday, E. M. Grace, Eric Midwinter, Everton Weekes, Francis Thompson, Frank Tyson, Frank Worrell, Fred Grace, G. D. Martineau, Geoffrey Boycott, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Graeme Fowler, Harold Larwood, Harold Pinter, Henry Newbolt, Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1970–71, Jack Hobbs, John Snow (cricketer), Lancashire County Cricket Club, Len Hutton, Les Favell, Les Murray (poet), Lord Beginner, Lord Kitchener (calypsonian), Mark Pirie, MCC tour of Australia in 1954–55, Old Trafford, Panties, Paul Scott (novelist), ..., Quadrant (magazine), Ralph Waldo Emerson, Razor Smith, Roy Harper (singer), Shane Warne, Sonny Ramadhin, Sunil Gavaskar, The Ashes, The Day of the Scorpion, The Duckworth Lewis Method, The Oval, Three Hundred Words, Tom Hayward, W. G. Grace, Walter Lees, Walter Read, When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease, William Jeffrey Prowse, William Scotton, Yatton, 10cc. Expand index (21 more) »

A Shropshire Lad

A Shropshire Lad is a collection of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman, published in 1896.

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A. E. Housman

Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.

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A. N. Hornby

Albert Neilson Hornby, nicknamed Monkey Hornby (10 February 1847 – 17 December 1925) was one of the best-known sportsmen in England during the nineteenth century excelling in both rugby and cricket.

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Alan Ross

Alan John Ross (6 May 1922 – 14 February 2001) was a British poet, writer and editor.

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Albert Craig (rhymester)

Albert Craig (2 September 1849 – 8 July 1909) was commonly known as The Surrey Poet, although he never used the term himself, instead signing his pieces as "A.C. Cricket Rhymester".

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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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Alfred Mynn

Alfred Mynn (19 January 1807 – 1 November 1861) was an English first-class cricketer during the game's "Roundarm Era".

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang, FBA (31 March 184420 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology.

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Ball of the Century

The Ball of the Century, also referred to as the Gatting Ball or simply That Ball, is the name given to a cricket delivery bowled by Australian spin bowler Shane Warne to English batsman Mike Gatting on Day Two during the first Test of the 1993 Ashes series (4 June 1993), which took place at Old Trafford, Manchester.

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Brahma (poem)

"Brahma" is a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, written in 1856.

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Buttocks

The buttocks (singular: buttock) are two rounded portions of the anatomy, located on the posterior of the pelvic region of primates (including humans), and many other bipeds or quadrupeds, and comprise a layer of fat superimposed on the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius muscles.

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Concept album

A concept album is an album in which its tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually.

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County Championship

The County Championship, currently known as the Specsavers County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Cricket in fiction

The sport of cricket has long held a special place in Anglophone culture, and a specialised niche in English literature.

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Cricket in film and television

Cricket, though one of the most popular sports in the world, has not seen the popularity that other sports have seen in the film and television industry.

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Cricket pitch

In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets.

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Crimea

Crimea (Крым, Крим, Krym; Krym; translit;; translit) is a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe that is almost completely surrounded by both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast.

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David Rayvern Allen

David Rayvern Allen (5 February 1938 – 9 October 2014) was a cricket writer and historian, as well as a radio producer and presenter, and a speaker.

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Dick Barlow

Richard "Dick" Gorton Barlow (28 May 1851 – 31 July 1919) was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England.

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Dreadlock Holiday

"Dreadlock Holiday" is a reggae song by 10cc.

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E. M. Grace

Edward Mills Grace (28 November 1841 – 20 May 1911) was an English first-class cricketer in the second half of the 19th century who was an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling slow right arm underarm.

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Eric Midwinter

Eric Midwinter OBE MA DPhil (born February 1932) is an English author, broadcaster and academic.

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Everton Weekes

Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE (born 26 February 1925) is a leading former West Indian cricketer.

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Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson (16 December 1859 – 13 November 1907) was an English poet and mystic.

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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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Frank Worrell

Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1 August 1924 – 13 March 1967), sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae, was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator.

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Fred Grace

George Frederick Grace (13 December 1850 – 22 September 1880) was an English first-class cricketer active from 1866 to 1880 who played for Gloucestershire and the United South of England Eleven (USEE).

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G. D. Martineau

Gerald Durani Martineau (1897 – 29 May 1976) was a prolific English cricket writer.

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Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott OBE (born 21 October 1940) is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer.

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Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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

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Graeme Fowler

Graeme "Foxy" Fowler (born 20 April 1957) is a former English professional cricketer, who played for Lancashire, England, and later for Durham.

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Harold Larwood

Harold Larwood (14 November 1904 – 22 July 1995) was a professional cricketer for Nottinghamshire and England between 1924 and 1938.

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Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.

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Henry Newbolt

Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH (6 June 1862 – 19 April 1938) was an English poet, novelist and historian.

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Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1970–71

The India national cricket team toured the West Indies during the 1970–71 cricket season.

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Jack Hobbs

Sir John Berry Hobbs (16 December 1882 – 21 December 1963), always known as Jack Hobbs, was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930.

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John Snow (cricketer)

John Augustine Snow (born 13 October 1941) is a retired English cricketer.

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Lancashire County Cricket Club

Lancashire Cricket Club, one of eighteen first-class county clubs in the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales, represents the historic county of Lancashire.

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Len Hutton

Sir Leonard Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was an English cricketer who played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire from 1934 to 1955 and for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955.

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Les Favell

Leslie Ernest Favell (6 October 1929 – 14 June 1987) was an Australian cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1954 to 1961.

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Les Murray (poet)

Leslie Allan "Les" Murray AO (born 17 October 1938) is an Australian poet, anthologist and critic.

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Lord Beginner

Egbert Moore (1904–1981), known as Lord Beginner, was a popular calypsonian.

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Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)

Aldwin Roberts (18 April 1922 – 11 February 2000), better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener (or "Kitch"), was an internationally known Trinidadian calypsonian.

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Mark Pirie

Mark Pirie (born 30 April 1974) is a New Zealand poet, writer, literary critic, anthologist, publisher, and editor.

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MCC tour of Australia in 1954–55

The Marylebone Cricket Club tour of Australia in 1954-55 under the captaincy of Len Hutton was its eleventh since it took official control of overseas tours in 1903-1904.

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Old Trafford

Old Trafford is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United.

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Panties

Panties in American English (typically called knickers in British English) are a form of underwear worn by women.

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Paul Scott (novelist)

Paul Mark Scott (25 March 19201 March 1978) was an English novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy The Raj Quartet. His novel Staying On won the Booker Prize for 1977.

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Quadrant (magazine)

Quadrant is an Australian literary and cultural journal.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

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Razor Smith

William Charles "Razor" Smith (4 October 1877 – 15 July 1946) was a Surrey slow bowler.

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Roy Harper (singer)

Roy Harper (born 12 June 1941) is an English folk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since 1964.

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Shane Warne

Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is a Australian former international cricketer, and a former ODI captain of the Australian national team.

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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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Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar (born 10 July 1949) is a former Indian international cricketer who played from the early 1970s to late 1980s for the Bombay cricket team and Indian national team.

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The Ashes

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia.

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The Day of the Scorpion

The Day of the Scorpion is the 1968 novel by Paul Scott, the second in his Raj Quartet.

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The Duckworth Lewis Method

The Duckworth Lewis Method are an Irish pop group formed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy and Thomas Walsh of Pugwash.

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The Oval

The Oval, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London.

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Three Hundred Words

"Three Hundred Words" is a poem that showcases a number of Roy Harper's literary techniques and characteristics.

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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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W. G. Grace

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Walter Lees

Walter Scott Lees (25 December 1875, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire – 10 September 1924, West Hartlepool, County Durham) was a Surrey and England cricketer who played in 5 Tests against South Africa in 1906.

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Walter Read

Walter William Read (born 23 November 1855 in Reigate, Surrey, died 6 January 1907 in Addiscombe Park, Surrey) was an English cricketer, who was a fluent right hand bat.

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When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease

"When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease" is a track on the Roy Harper album HQ, a prominent example of cricket poetry.

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William Jeffrey Prowse

William Jeffrey Prowse, often known as Jeff Prowse (6 May 1839 – 17 April 1870) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and lyricist.

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William Scotton

William Henry Scotton (15 January 1856 – 9 July 1893) was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire and England.

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Yatton

Yatton is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.

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10cc

10cc are an English rock band founded in Stockport, England, who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s.

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References

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

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