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The oldest person, and only septuagenarian, to play first-class cricket was Raja Maharaj Singh, aged 72, his sole appearance being for the Bombay Governor's XI against a Commonwealth XI in November 1950. [8] Thirteen players have played first-class cricket in their sixties, most of them in England in the 19th century. [9]
Gordon played first-class cricket for Transvaal from the 1933–34 season as a right-handed fast bowler and a tail-end right-handed batsman. He made his Test debut against England in December 1938, playing every Test of the five-match series. In the first Test, he took his best Test match figures of 7–162, including 5–103 in the first ...
Jamaican-born English first-class cricketer [97] Johnny Gibson: 1905–2006: 101: American athlete [98] Ed Gill: 1895–1995: 100: American Major League Baseball player [99] Bill Glassford: 1914–2016: 102: American football player and coach [100] Fred Gloden: 1918–2019: 100: American football player [101] Norman Gordon: 1911–2014: 103 ...
Eileen May Ash (née Whelan; 30 October 1911 – 3 December 2021) was an English cricketer and supercentenarian who played primarily as a right-arm medium bowler. As Eileen Whelan, she appeared in seven Test matches for England between 1937 and 1948/49. [1] [2] Ash was the longest-lived international cricketer, living to the age of 110 years ...
At first, Ranjitsinhji had hoped to be awarded a Blue at tennis, but, possibly inspired by his visit to see the Australians play in 1888, he decided to concentrate on cricket. In 1889 and 1890, he played local cricket of a low standard, [39] but following his stay in Bournemouth, he set out to improve his cricket. [40]
In the First Test, England amassed a big first innings score and looked likely to win, but Stan McCabe made 232 for Australia, a performance Bradman rated as the best he had ever seen. With Australia forced to follow-on , Bradman fought hard to ensure McCabe's effort was not in vain, and he secured the draw with 144 not out. [ 114 ]
The series of "Test matches" played in Australia between Australia and a World XI in 1971–72, and the commercial "Supertests" organised by Kerry Packer as part of his World Series Cricket enterprise played between "WSC Australia", "WSC World XI" and "WSC West Indies" from 1977 to 1979, have never been regarded as official Test matches as of 2021.
This is a list of England Test cricketers. A Test match is an international two-innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match ...