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Jack Hobbs

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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. [1]

141 relations: Aircraftman, Alec Kennedy, Amateur status in first-class cricket, Andy Sandham, Anglicanism, Appendicitis, Archie MacLaren, Arthur Carr (cricketer), Arthur Gilligan, Arthur Jones (cricketer), Association football, Australia national cricket team, Australian Imperial Force Touring XI, Bath, Somerset, Batting order (cricket), Bedford School, Benefit (sports), Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan, Bill Bowes, Bill Ponsford, Bill Reeves, Bob Wyatt, Bodyline, Boundary (cricket), Bowling (cricket), Bradford Premier League, C. B. Fry, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club, Cec Parkin, Century (cricket), Clapham Common, Clem Hill, County Championship, Courier, Cricket, Cyril Washbrook, Don Bradman, Douglas Jardine, Duck (cricket), E. W. Swanton, East Sussex, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, England cricket team, English cricket team in Australia in 1911–12, English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33, ESPNcricinfo, Essex County Cricket Club, Fast bowling, Fielding (cricket), ..., First-class cricket, Forward (association football), Frank Woolley, Gentlemen v Players, Ghostwriter, Good length ball, Googly, Groundskeeping, H. D. G. Leveson Gower, H. V. Hordern, Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, Herbert Sutcliffe, Hertfordshire County Cricket Club, Hip hip hooray, Home Guard (United Kingdom), Hove, Idle, West Yorkshire, International Cricket Council, Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1887), Jesus College, Cambridge, John Arlott, Johnny Douglas, Johnny Tyldesley, Kent County Cricket Club, Leg side, Len Hutton, Leo McKinstry, Liberal Party (UK), Lord's, Lower middle class, Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, Marylebone Cricket Club, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Middle class, Neville Cardus, New Malden, News Chronicle, No. 110 Squadron RAF, Not out, Oxford University Cricket Club, Pads, Parker's Piece, Pelham Warner, Percy Chapman, Percy Fender, Pneumonia, Pound sterling, Professional sports, R. C. Robertson-Glasgow, Reggie Schwarz, Rockley Wilson, Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps, Royston, Hertfordshire, Run (cricket), Run out, Septimus Kinneir, Shilling (British coin), Single (cricket), Slater, Somerset County Cricket Club, South Africa national cricket team, Southwark Cathedral, Sri Lanka, St Matthew's Primary School, Surrey County Cricket Club, Sydney Barnes, Tasmania cricket team, Test cricket, The Ashes, The Oval, The Star (London), The Times, Tom Hayward, Victor Trumper, Victoria cricket team, W. G. Grace, Wally Hammond, West Indian cricket team in England in 1933, West Indies cricket team, Westminster School, Wicket-keeper, Wilfred Rhodes, Wisden Cricketers of the Year, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Working class, World War II, Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1912 Triangular Tournament. Expand index (91 more) »

Aircraftman

Aircraftman (AC) or aircraftwoman (ACW) is the lowest rank in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the air forces of several other Commonwealth countries.

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Alec Kennedy

Alexander Stuart "Alec" Kennedy (24 January 1891, Edinburgh, Scotland – 15 November 1959, Southampton, England) was a Hampshire cricketer and one of the ten highest wicket-takers in first-class cricket (usually ranked seventh after Rhodes, Freeman, Parker, J.T. Hearne, Goddard, and W.G. Grace).

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Amateur status in first-class cricket

Amateur status had a special meaning in English cricket.

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Andy Sandham

Andrew Sandham (6 July 1890 – 20 April 1982) was an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman who played 14 Test matches between 1921 and 1930.

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Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.

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Appendicitis

Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix.

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Archie MacLaren

Archibald Campbell MacLaren (1 December 1871 – 17 November 1944) was an English cricketer who captained the England cricket team at various times between 1898 and 1909.

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Arthur Carr (cricketer)

Arthur William Carr (21 May 1893 – 7 February 1963) was an English cricketer.

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Arthur Gilligan

Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan (23 December 1894 – 5 September 1976) was an English first-class cricketer who captained the England cricket team nine times in 1924 and 1925, winning four Test matches, losing four and drawing one.

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Arthur Jones (cricketer)

Arthur Owen Jones (16 August 1872 – 21 December 1914), was an English cricketer, noted as an all-rounder, and a rugby union player, he played full back or three quarter.

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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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Australia national cricket team

The Australia national cricket team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877.

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Australian Imperial Force Touring XI

When the First World War ended in November 1918, thousands of Australian servicemen were in Europe as members of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and many remained until the spring of 1919.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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Batting order (cricket)

In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time.

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Bedford School

Bedford School is an HMC independent school for boys located in the county town of Bedford in England.

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Benefit (sports)

A benefit is a match or season of activities granted by a sporting body to a loyal sportsman to boost their income before retirement.

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Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan

Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan (2 October 1865 – 7 September 1936), known as Sir Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baronet, from 1922 to 1929, was a noted British abdominal surgeon.

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Bill Bowes

William Eric Bowes (25 July 1908 – 4 September 1987) was an English professional cricketer active from 1929 to 1947 who played in 372 first-class matches as a right arm fast bowler and a right-handed tail end batsman.

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Bill Ponsford

William Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE (19 October 1900 – 6 April 1991) was an Australian cricketer.

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Bill Reeves

William 'Bill' Reeves (22 June 1875 – 22 March 1944) was an English cricketer, who at the conclusion of his playing career became an umpire, officiating in five Test Matches.

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Bob Wyatt

Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt (2 May 1901 – 20 April 1995) was an English cricketer who played for Warwickshire, Worcestershire and England in a career lasting nearly thirty years from 1923 to 1951.

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Bodyline

Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman.

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Boundary (cricket)

In cricket a boundary is the edge or boundary of the playing field, or a scoring shot where the ball is hit to or beyond that point.

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Bowling (cricket)

Bowling, in cricket, is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman.

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Bradford Premier League

The Bradford Premier League (currently known as the All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is an amateur cricket competition centred in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

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C. B. Fry

Charles Burgess Fry, known as C. B. Fry (25 April 1872 – 7 September 1956), was an English sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.

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Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club

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

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Cec Parkin

Cecil Harry "Cec" Parkin (18 February 1886 – 15 June 1943) was an English cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1920 to 1924 and 157 games for Lancashire County Cricket Club.

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Century (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings by a batsman.

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Clapham Common

Clapham Common is a large triangular urban park in Clapham, south London.

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Clem Hill

Clement "Clem" Hill (18 March 18775 September 1945) was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912.

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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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Courier

A courier is a company that delivers messages, packages, and mail.

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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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Cyril Washbrook

Cyril Washbrook CBE (6 December 1914 – 27 April 1999) was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and England.

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Don Bradman

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.

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Douglas Jardine

Douglas Robert Jardine (1900 – 1958) was a cricketer who played 22 Test matches for England, captaining the side in 15 of those matches between 1931 and 1934.

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Duck (cricket)

In cricket, a duck is a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.

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E. W. Swanton

Ernest William Swanton (11 February 1907 – 22 January 2000) was an English journalist and author, chiefly known for being a cricket writer and commentator under his initials, E. W. Swanton.

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East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England.

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Edgbaston Cricket Ground

Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England.

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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 1911–12

The English cricket team in Australia in 1911–12 was led by Plum Warner, but Johnny Douglas took over the captaincy for all five Test matches when Warner fell ill early in the tour.

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English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33

A cricket team representing England toured Australia in the 1932–33 season.

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ESPNcricinfo

ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket.

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Essex County Cricket Club

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

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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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Fielding (cricket)

Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the batsman, to limit the number of runs that the batsman scores and/or to get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or by running the batsman out.

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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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Forward (association football)

Forwards are the players on an association football team who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals.

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Frank Woolley

Frank Edward Woolley (27 May 1887 – 18 October 1978) was an English first-class cricketer active 1906 to 1938 who played for Kent and England.

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Gentlemen v Players

Gentlemen v Players was a first-class cricket match generally held in England twice or more a year for well over a century.

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Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author.

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Good length ball

A good length ball is a type of delivery in cricket that pitches at a distance from the batsman that makes it difficult to score runs.

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Googly

In cricket, a googly is a type of deceptive delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler.

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Groundskeeping

Groundskeeping is the activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically in an institutional setting.

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H. D. G. Leveson Gower

Sir Henry Dudley Gresham Leveson Gower (8 May 1873 – 1 February 1954) was an English cricketer from the Leveson-Gower family.

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H. V. Hordern

Dr.

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Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery

Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, 2nd Earl of Midlothian, FRSE (8 January 1882 – 31 May 1974), styled Lord Dalmeny until 1929, was a British politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for Scotland in 1945.

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Herbert Sutcliffe

Herbert Sutcliffe (24 November 1894 – 22 January 1978) was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman.

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Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

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

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Hip hip hooray

Hip hip hooray (also hippity hip hooray; Hooray may also be spelled and pronounced hoorah, hurrah, hurray etc.) is a cheer called out to express congratulation toward someone or something, in the English speaking world and elsewhere.

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Home Guard (United Kingdom)

The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was a defence organisation of the British Army during the Second World War.

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Hove

Hove is a town in East Sussex, England, immediately west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove.

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Idle, West Yorkshire

Idle is a residential suburban area in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in England and was a separate village and before that the Manor of Idle.

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International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket.

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Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1887)

Charles Albert George "Jack" Russell (erroneously written during his playing career as Albert Charles Russell) (7 October 1887, Leyton, Essex, England – 23 March 1961, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex, England) was one of the leading batsmen in county cricket during the period after World War I. Russell's main strength was his leg-side play, but he was a sound batsmen whose watchfulness made him effective on very difficult pitches.

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Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.

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John Arlott

Leslie Thomas John Arlott, OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special.

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Johnny Douglas

John William Henry Tyler Douglas (3 September 1882 – 19 December 1930) was an English cricketer who was active in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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Johnny Tyldesley

John Thomas Tyldesley (22 November 1873 – 27 November 1930) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and Test cricket for England.

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Kent County Cricket Club

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

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Leg side

The leg side, or on side, is defined to be a particular half of the field used to play the sport of cricket.

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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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Leo McKinstry

Leo McKinstry (born 1962) is a British journalist, historian and author.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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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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Lower middle class

In developed nations across the world, the lower middle class is a sub-division of the greater middle class.

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Maharajkumar of Vizianagram

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju (28 December 1905 – 2 December 1965), better known as the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram or Vizzy, was an Indian cricketer, cricket administrator and politician.

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Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke

Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (16 August 1860 – 10 October 1938), generally known as Lord Hawke, was an English amateur cricketer active from 1881 to 1911 who played for Yorkshire and England.

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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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Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known simply as "The G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria.

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Middle class

The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy.

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Neville Cardus

Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus, CBE (3 April 188828 February 1975) was an English writer and critic.

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New Malden

New Malden is a suburb in south-west London, in the boroughs of Kingston and Merton, and is from Charing Cross.

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News Chronicle

The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper.

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No. 110 Squadron RAF

No.

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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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Oxford University Cricket Club

Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, has always held important or first-class status and is classified as an important team by substantial sources from 1827 to 1894; classified as an official first-class team from 1895 by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the County Championship clubs; and classified as a List A team in 1973 only.

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Pads

Pads (also called leg guards) are protective equipment used by batters in the sport of cricket, catchers in the sports of baseball and fastpitch softball, and by goaltenders in ice hockey, bandy and box lacrosse.

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Parker's Piece

Parker's Piece is a flat and roughly square green common located near the centre of Cambridge, England and is now regarded as the birthplace of the rules of Association Football.

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Pelham Warner

Sir Pelham Francis Warner, (2 October 1873 – 30 January 1963), affectionately and better known as Plum Warner or "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket, was a Test cricketer and cricket administrator.

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Percy Chapman

Arthur Percy Frank Chapman (3 September 1900 – 16 September 1961), usually known as Percy Chapman, was an English cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1926 and 1931.

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Percy Fender

Percy George Herbert Fender (22 August 1892 – 15 June 1985) was an English cricketer who played 13 Tests and was captain of Surrey between 1921 and 1931.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance.

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R. C. Robertson-Glasgow

Raymond Charles 'Crusoe' Robertson-Glasgow (born 15 July 1901 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 4 March 1965 at Buckhold, Berkshire, England) was a Scottish cricketer and cricket writer.

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Reggie Schwarz

Major Reginald Oscar Schwarz MC, known as Reggie (4 May 1875 – 18 November 1918) was a South African cricketer and international rugby union footballer.

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Rockley Wilson

Evelyn Rockley Wilson (25 March 1879 – 21 July 1957) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played for Cambridge University Cricket Club, Yorkshire, and England.

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Royal Air Force

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

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Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War, until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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Royston, Hertfordshire

Royston is a town and civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.

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Run (cricket)

In cricket, a run is running the length of the pitch, and is a basic means of scoring, as the team with the most runs wins.

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Run out

Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.

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Septimus Kinneir

Septimus Paul Kinneir (13 May 1871, Corsham, Wiltshire – 16 October 1928, Birmingham, Warwickshire) was an English cricketer who played in one Test match in 1911 against Australia in Sydney.

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Shilling (British coin)

The shilling (1/-) was a coin worth one twentieth of a pound sterling, or twelve pence.

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Single (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a single is scored when the batsman take one run, either following a successful shot (with the run attributed to the on-strike batsman) or when running for a bye or leg bye (counted as an extra).

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Slater

A slater, or slate mason, is a tradesman who covers buildings with slate.

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Somerset County Cricket Club

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

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South Africa national cricket team

The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas (after South Africa's national flower, Protea cynaroides, commonly known as the "king protea"), is administered by Cricket South Africa.

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Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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St Matthew's Primary School

St Matthew's Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, England.

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Surrey County Cricket Club

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

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Sydney Barnes

Sydney Francis Barnes (19 April 1873 – 26 December 1967) was an English professional cricketer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest ever bowlers.

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Tasmania cricket team

The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket.

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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 Ashes

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

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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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The Star (London)

The Star was a London evening newspaper founded May 3, 1788 under the original title Star and Evening Advertiser and was the first daily evening newspaper in the world.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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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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Victor Trumper

Victor Thomas Trumper (2 November 1877 – 28 June 1915) was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found unplayable.

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Victoria cricket team

The Victoria cricket team, who were until 2018 named Victorian Bushrangers, is an Australian first class cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria.

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W. G. Grace

William Gilbert "W.

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Wally Hammond

Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond (19 June 1903 – 1 July 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951.

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West Indian cricket team in England in 1933

The West Indies cricket team toured England in 1933, playing three Test matches, losing two of them and drawing the other.

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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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Westminster School

Westminster School is an independent day and boarding school in London, England, located within the precincts of Westminster Abbey.

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Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and be ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises.

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Wilfred Rhodes

Wilfred Rhodes (29 October 1877 – 8 July 1973) was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930.

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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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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (or simply Wisden or colloquially "the Bible of Cricket") is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom.

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Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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

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Working class

The working class (also labouring class) are the people employed for wages, especially in manual-labour occupations and industrial work.

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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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Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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

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1912 Triangular Tournament

The 1912 Triangular Tournament was a Test cricket competition played between Australia, England and South Africa, the only Test-playing nations at the time.

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References

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

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