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Peter Anthony Simpkins (27 November 1928 – 4 January 2011) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Dover, Kent. Simpkins made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Berkshire in 1958 against Dorset.
The conflicts featured on this list are, in chronological order, the Napoleonic Wars, Crimean War, First Boer War, Mahdist War, Second Boer War, World War I, Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence, World War II and the South African Border War. Approximately 210 first-class cricketers are known to have served in the First World War. [1]
Funeral of Rudolph Valentino: August 30, 1926 United States: New York City: at least 10,000 [16] State funeral of Jānis Čakste: March 18, 1927 Latvia: Rīga: up to 200,000 [17] Funeral of Engelbert Dollfuss: July 30, 1934 Federal State of Austria: Vienna: Approx.500,000 [18] Funeral of Paul von Hindenburg: August 6–7, 1934 Nazi Germany
The years 1890 to 1914 have nostalgically become known as the "Golden Age of cricket".This category is a companion to English cricket seasons from 1890 to 1918 and is to be used to categorise the notable players who were active at the time. 1890 was the first season in which the official County Championship was held and the period concludes with the end of the First World War, though no first ...
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The Victory Tests were a series of cricket matches played in England from 19 May to 22 August 1945, between a combined Australian Services XI and an English national side. The first match began less than two weeks after the end of World War II in Europe, and the matches were embraced by the public of England as a way to get back to their way of life from before the war.
He was a keen cricketer, who was President of the MCC in 1956–57 and was still a member of its powerful committee. He had managed his own tour of the West Indies with a Duke of Norfolk's XI in 1956–67, which had included the England players Tom Graveney , John Warr , Doug Wright and Willie Watson , and would organise another in 1969–70.
James Hunt (1947–1993) 1976 F1 World Champion; Norman Grace (1894–1975), cricketer; Peter Gracey (1921–2006), cricketer; Eric Grimley (1899–1969), cricketer; Max Lahiff (1989–) Rugby union player (Bath Rugby & London Irish) Morgan Lake (1997–) Olympic athlete and twice World Junior Athletics Champion