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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.
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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]
From 1941 to 1945 the University Match was played annually at Lord's as a one-day, and hence not first-class, game.Because Fenner's had not been commandeered, Cambridge had played nine matches during the 1941 season against Sussex and strong military and hospital teams and won four against a single defeat, [6] whereas Oxford had played no cricket whatsoever due to The Parks being commandeered. [7]
The International Cricket Council player rankings is a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances. The current sponsor is MRF Tyres who signed a 4-year deal with the ICC that will last until 2020.
Showing the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam—the deadliest single day in the American Civil War [s 3] [s 4] The Scourged Back: c. 2 April 1863: McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement. [s 4] Cartes de Visite: May - August 1863 Andre Adolphe Disderi ...
The picture was taken by Jimmy Sime on 9 July 1937 outside the Grace Gates at Lord's Cricket Ground during the Eton v Harrow cricket match. [1] It has been reproduced frequently as an illustration of the British class system , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] although the name "Toffs and Toughs" may be no older than 2004.
The 1948 Australian team has great significance in cricket history, as it is the only side to tour England unbeaten, [6] earning the sobriquet "The Invincibles". The tour was captain Donald Bradman's last Test series, and the immediate postwar team was the most successful that Bradman appeared in. [7] It has been claimed that English cricket suffered more heavily from the effects of World War ...