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Sutcliffe made his only tour of South Africa in 1927–28, playing in 14 matches and scoring 1,030 runs at 51.50 with 2 centuries and a highest score of 102. [16] He was able to open the England innings with Holmes, Hobbs having declined the tour, and made his score of 102 in the first innings of the First Test at the Old Wanderers ground in ...
American country music singer and banjoist [94] Léo Marjane: 1912–2016: 104: French singer [95] Draga Matković: 1907–2013: 105: German classical pianist [96] Sir Robert Mayer: 1879–1985: 105: German-born British music patron and philanthropist [97] Albert J. McNeil: 1920–2022: 102: American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and ...
Although the money he was paid is "small beer" compared with 21st-century sports stars, there is no doubt he had a comfortable living out of cricket and made far more money than any contemporary professional. To put it in context, a domestic servant earned less than £50 a year. [166]
You know their songs, but what you don't know about some of your favorite singers is that they were pretty talented athletes before their careers took off. 15 famous musicians you'd never guess ...
Excluding the two centuries not considered first-class by some modern statisticians, Grace's hundredth century came later in the same month when he scored 169 for Gloucestershire against Middlesex at Lord's. He scored his final first-class century in July 1904 for London County, reaching 166 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. He played first ...
Hobbs made a good start to the 1919 season and, despite a brief spell of failure through over-aggression, [153] batted consistently. He scored a double century for Surrey against a touring Australian Imperial Forces cricket team and centuries in each of the three Gentlemen v Players matches—the only player ever to do so in one season.
The use of music at sporting events is a practice that is thousands of years old, [1] but has recently [when?] had a resurgence as a noted phenomenon. Some sports have specific traditions with respect to pieces of music played at particular intervals. Others have made the presentation of music very specific to the team—even to particular players.
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