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Jack Meyer (educator and cricketer)

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Rollo John Oliver Meyer (15 March 1905 – 9 March 1991), known generally as 'Jack', and at Millfield mainly as 'Boss', was an English educationalist who founded Millfield School (1935) and Millfield Preparatory School (1946) in Somerset; he was also an all-round sportsman who played cricket at first-class level in both England and in India. [1]

48 relations: All-rounder, Arthur Gilligan, Arthur Wellard, Blackpool, Blue (university sport), Bombay Quadrangular, Bristol, British undergraduate degree classification, Bunty Longrigg, Cabot, Bristol, Cambridge University Cricket Club, Campion School (Athens), Classics, Clophill, Colin Atkinson, County Ground, Taunton, Dennis Brookes, Europeans cricket team, First-class cricket, Gentlemen v Players, George Woodhouse, Greece, Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Harry Altham, Hertfordshire County Cricket Club, Horse racing, India national cricket team, Jake Seamer, Lancashire County Cricket Club, List of Somerset cricket captains, Low back pain, Mandy Mitchell-Innes, Marylebone Cricket Club, Millfield, Millfield Preparatory School, Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Ranji Trophy, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Somerset, Somerset County Cricket Club, South African cricket team in England in 1924, St Lawrence College, Athens, Street, Somerset, Sussex County Cricket Club, The University Match (cricket), Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

All-rounder

An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling.

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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 Wellard

Arthur William Wellard (8 April 1902 in Southfleet, Kent – 31 December 1980 in Eastbourne, Sussex) was a cricketer who played for Somerset and England.

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Blackpool

Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Lancashire coast in North West England.

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Blue (university sport)

A blue is an award earned by athletes at a university and some schools for competition at the highest level.

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Bombay Quadrangular

The Bombay Quadrangular was an influential cricket tournament held in Bombay, India (now known as Mumbai) from 1912 to 1936.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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British undergraduate degree classification

The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees (bachelor's degrees and integrated master's degrees) in the United Kingdom.

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Bunty Longrigg

Edmund Fallowfield Longrigg, usually known as "Bunty", (16 April 1906 – 23 July 1974), played cricket for Somerset and Cambridge University.

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Cabot, Bristol

Cabot is a council ward that covers the centre of Bristol.

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Cambridge University Cricket Club

Cambridge University Cricket Club, first recorded in 1817, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge.

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Campion School (Athens)

Campion School is an English-language private international school in Athens, Greece, that provides an adapted British educational curriculum to approximately 600 children of foreign residents, the Greek diaspora and local Greeks, from Nursery through to Year 13 (ages three to eighteen).

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Classics

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.

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Clophill

Clophill is a village and civil parish located in the Flit river valley, Bedfordshire, England.

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Colin Atkinson

Colin Ronald Michael Atkinson CBE (23 July 1931 – 25 June 1991) was an English first-class cricketer, schoolmaster and the headmaster of Millfield School.

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County Ground, Taunton

The County Ground (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Cooper Associates County Ground) is a cricket ground in Taunton, Somerset.

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Dennis Brookes

Dennis Brookes (29 October 1915 – 9 March 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 (and as captain between 1954 and 1957).

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Europeans cricket team

The Europeans cricket team was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay tournament.

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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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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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George Woodhouse

George Edward Sealy Woodhouse DL, born at Blandford Forum, Dorset, on 15 February 1924 and died also at Blandford on 19 January 1988, had two careers: one as a cricketer for Somerset and Dorset, the second as the chairman from 1962 to his death of the family brewing company Hall and Woodhouse.

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Greece

No description.

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Haileybury and Imperial Service College

Haileybury is an independent school near Hertford in England.

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Harry Altham

Harry Surtees Altham (30 November 1888 – 11 March 1965) was an English cricketer who became an important figure in the game as an administrator, historian and coach.

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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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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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India national cricket team

The India national cricket team, also known as Team India and Men in Blue, is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.

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Jake Seamer

John Wemyss "Jake" Seamer (23 June 1913 – 16 April 2006) was an amateur cricketer who played for Oxford University and Somerset either side of the Second World War.

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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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List of Somerset cricket captains

Somerset County Cricket Club are an English cricket club based in Taunton, Somerset.

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Low back pain

Low back pain (LBP) is a common disorder involving the muscles, nerves, and bones of the back.

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Mandy Mitchell-Innes

Norman Stewart "Mandy" Mitchell-Innes (7 September 1914 – 28 December 2006) was an amateur cricketer for Somerset, who played in one Test match for England in 1935.

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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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Millfield

Millfield is a co-educational independent (i.e. fee-paying) school for pupils aged 13–18 years based in Street, Somerset, England.

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Millfield Preparatory School

Millfield Preparatory School is a coeducational preparatory school in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.

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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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Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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

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Pembroke College, Cambridge

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

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Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between teams representing regional and state cricket associations.

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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) consists of a number of groupings of Royal Air Force reservists for the management and operation of the RAF's Volunteer Gliding Squadrons and Air Experience Flights of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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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 African cricket team in England in 1924

The South African cricket team toured England in the 1924 season to play a five-match Test series against England.

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St Lawrence College, Athens

St Lawrence College (SLC) is a private independent school in Athens, Greece.

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Street, Somerset

Street is a large village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England.

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Sussex County Cricket Club

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

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The University Match (cricket)

The University Match in a cricketing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club.

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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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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Meyer_(educator_and_cricketer)

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