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Norman Frank Callaway (5 April 1896 – 3 May 1917) was an Australian first class cricketer and Australian Imperial Force (AIF) soldier. Born in Hay, New South Wales to Thomas and Emily, Callaway moved to Sydney and played for Sydney grade cricket teams Paddington and Waverley.
William Riley (11 August 1888 – 9 August 1917) was an English cricketer active from 1909 to 1914 who played for Nottinghamshire. [1] He was born in Newstead, Nottinghamshire and died in military action near Koksijde (Coxyde), Belgium, during the First World War. [2]
Cricket in World War I was severely curtailed in all nations where first-class cricket was then played except India. In England, South Africa and the West Indies, first-class cricket was entirely abandoned for the whole of the war, whilst in Australia and New Zealand regular competitions were played for the 1914–15 season but first-class matches were afterwards abandoned.
Percy Jeeves (5 March 1888 – 22 July 1916) was a first-class cricketer from England, playing 50 first-class matches in his career, all but one for Warwickshire County Cricket Club from 1912 to 1914. He played one match for the Players against the Gentlemen in 1914. Jeeves joined the British Army in the First World War and was killed in action ...
War Memorial at Headingley Stadium. Fairfax Gill (3 September 1883 – 1 November 1917) was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1906. [1] Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, Gill was a right-handed middle order batsman, who made his debut against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield.
In county cricket, he developed an attacking, dynamic style of play and was very successful up until 1914. After serving in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, he maintained his reputation when cricket resumed in 1919, but his career was threatened by appendicitis, which caused him to miss most of the 1921 season. When he ...
Harvey Staunton (21 November 1870 – 14 January 1918) was an English first-class cricketer active 1903–05 who played for Nottinghamshire. [1] He was born in Nottinghamshire; died in Mesopotamia on active service during World War I. [2]
Collins had played less than seven hours' cricket, carrying his bat through his side's innings. He had scored 1 six, 4 fives, 31 fours, 33 threes, 146 twos and 87 singles. [10] The Times once again ran a report, giving the final figures for Collins's innings in its Wednesday edition of 28 June—once again, however, they misspelled his third ...