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Alan Melville

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Alan Melville (19 May 1910 – 18 April 1983) was a South African cricketer who played in 11 Tests from 1938 to 1949. [1]

71 relations: Alan Ratcliffe, Bill Edrich, Blue (university sport), Bruce Mitchell (cricketer), Cambridge University Cricket Club, Carnarvon, Northern Cape, Clavicle, County Championship, Cricket, Denis Compton, Denis Moore, Dennis Dyer, Duck (cricket), Dudley Nourse, Duleepsinhji, English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33, English cricket team in South Africa in 1938–39, English cricket team in South Africa in 1948–49, Everton Weekes, First-class cricket, Free Foresters Cricket Club, Gauteng (cricket team), George Mann (cricketer), Harry Parks (cricketer), Hat-trick, Headingley Stadium, Herman Griffith, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricket team in England in 1936, Jack Fingleton, Jack Holmes (cricketer), Jack Siedle, Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1903), John Langridge, Kent County Cricket Club, Kruger National Park, KwaZulu-Natal (cricket team), Leg theory, Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Len Hutton, Manny Martindale, Marylebone Cricket Club, Maurice Tate, Michaelhouse, Not out, Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Oxford University Cricket Club, Pieter van der Bijl, Poliomyelitis, Rahul Dravid, ..., Robert Scott (cricketer), Sabie, South African cricket team in England in 1929, South African cricket team in England in 1947, Sunfoil Series, Surrey County Cricket Club, Sussex County Cricket Club, Ted Bowley, Test cricket, The Oval, The University Match (cricket), Thomas Cook (cricketer and footballer), Timeless Test, Transvaal (province), University of Oxford, West Indian cricket team in England in 1933, West Indies cricket team, Wisden Cricketers of the Year, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, World War II, Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Expand index (21 more) »

Alan Ratcliffe

Alan Ratcliffe (31 March 1909 – 21 August 1967) was an English cricketer.

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Bill Edrich

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.

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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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Bruce Mitchell (cricketer)

Bruce Mitchell (8 January 1909 – 1 July 1995) was a South African cricketer who played in 42 Tests from 1929 to 1949.

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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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Carnarvon, Northern Cape

Carnarvon is a small town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.

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Clavicle

The clavicle or collarbone is a long bone that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum or breastbone.

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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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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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Denis Moore

Denis Moore (26 September 1910 – 2 October 2003) was an English cricketer.

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Dennis Dyer

Dennis Victor Dyer (2 May 1914 – 16 June 1990) was a South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1947.

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Duck (cricket)

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

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Dudley Nourse

Arthur Dudley Nourse (12 November 1910 – 14 August 1981) was a South African Test cricketer.

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Duleepsinhji

Duleepsinhji usually referred to as Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji or K. S. Duleepsinhji (13 June 1905 – 5 December 1959) was a cricketer who played for England.

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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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English cricket team in South Africa in 1938–39

The England cricket team toured South Africa from 8 November 1938 to 14 March 1939, playing five Test matches against the South Africa national team and (as the Marylebone Cricket Club) 13 tour matches against various provincial sides.

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English cricket team in South Africa in 1948–49

The England national cricket team toured South Africa in the 1948-49 season.

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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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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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Free Foresters Cricket Club

Free Foresters Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, established in 1856 for players from the Midland counties of England.

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Gauteng (cricket team)

Gauteng (formerly Transvaal) is the first-class cricket team of the southern parts of Gauteng province of South Africa.

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George Mann (cricketer)

Francis George Mann, (6 September 1917 – 8 August 2001) was an English cricketer, who played for Cambridge University, Middlesex and England.

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Harry Parks (cricketer)

Henry William 'Harry' Parks (born 18 July 1906 at Haywards Heath, Sussex; died 7 May 1984 at Taunton, Somerset) was an English cricketer.

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Hat-trick

A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a positive feat three times in a game, or another achievement based on the number three.

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Headingley Stadium

Headingley Stadium in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs.

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Herman Griffith

Herman Clarence Griffith (1 December 1893 – 18 March 1980) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match in their inaugural Test tour of England and was one of the leading bowlers on that tour.

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Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi

Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi (16 March 1910 – 5 January 1952) was the 8th Nawab of Pataudi and the captain of the India national cricket team for the tour to England in 1946.

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Indian cricket team in England in 1936

The India cricket team toured England in the 1936 season and played 28 first-class fixtures, winning only four whilst losing 12 and drawing 12.

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Jack Fingleton

John "Jack" Henry Webb Fingleton, OBE (28 April 190822 November 1981) was an Australian cricketer who was trained as a journalist and became a political and cricket commentator after the end of his playing career.

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Jack Holmes (cricketer)

Albert John ("Jack") Holmes (30 June 1899 – 21 May 1950) was an English first-class cricketer who had amateur status.

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Jack Siedle

Ivan Julian "Jack" Siedle (11 January 1903 – 24 August 1982) was a South African cricketer who played in 18 Tests from 1927–28 to 1935–36.

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Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1903)

James Horace Parks (12 May 1903 in Haywards Heath, Sussex – 21 November 1980 in Cuckfield, Sussex) was a cricketer who played for Sussex and England.

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John Langridge

John George Langridge MBE (10 February 1910 – 27 June 1999) was a cricketer who played for Sussex.

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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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Kruger National Park

Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa.

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KwaZulu-Natal (cricket team)

KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) in South Africa.

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Leg theory

Leg theory is a bowling tactic in the sport of cricket.

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Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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

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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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Manny Martindale

Emmanuel Alfred "Manny" Martindale (25 November 1909 – 17 March 1972) was a West Indian cricketer who played in ten Tests from 1933 to 1939.

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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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Maurice Tate

Maurice William Tate (30 May 1895 – 18 May 1956) was an English cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period.

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Michaelhouse

Michaelhouse is a full boarding senior school for boys founded in 1896.

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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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Old Trafford Cricket Ground

Old Trafford, known for sponsorship reasons as Emirates Old Trafford, is a cricket ground in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

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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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Pieter van der Bijl

Pieter Gerhard Vintcent van der Bijl (21 October 1907 in Kenilworth, South Africa – 16 February 1973 in Kalk Bay, Cape Province) was a South African cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1938–39.

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Poliomyelitis

Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.

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Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid (born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

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Robert Scott (cricketer)

Robert Strickland Gilbert Scott (26 April 1909 – 26 August 1957) played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Sussex between 1930 and 1934.

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Sabie

Sabie is a forestry town situated on the banks of the Sabie River in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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South African cricket team in England in 1929

The South African cricket team toured England in the 1929 season to play a five-match Test series against England.

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South African cricket team in England in 1947

The South African cricket team toured England in the 1947 season to play a five-match Test series against England.

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Sunfoil Series

The Sunfoil Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested (as the Currie Cup) in 1889-90.

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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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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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Ted Bowley

Edward Henry Bowley (6 June 1890 – 9 July 1974) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Sussex and England.

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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 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 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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Thomas Cook (cricketer and footballer)

Thomas Edwin Reed Cook (5 January 1901 – 15 January 1950) was an English cricketer for Sussex County Cricket Club.

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Timeless Test

A timeless Test is a match of Test cricket played under no limitation of time, which means the match is played until one side wins or the match is tied, with theoretically no possibility of a draw.

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Transvaal (province)

The Province of the Transvaal (Provinsie van die Transvaal), commonly referred to as the Transvaal, was a province of South Africa from 1910 until the end of apartheid in 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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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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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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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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References

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

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