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Dennis Breakwell
Dennis Breakwell (born 2 July 1948 to John (Jack) Breakwell and Florence Emily Talbot), is a former English first-class cricketer who made over 400 appearances between 1969 and 1984 playing for Northamptonshire and Somerset County Cricket Clubs. A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Breakwell developed into an all-rounder as his career progressed, and he featured in a series of strong sides at Northampton alongside Colin Milburn and Sarfraz Nawaz and at Somerset alongside Joel Garner, Viv Richards and Ian Botham, rooming with the latter two in his early days at the club. Following the end of his playing career he became coach and head groundsman at King's College, Taunton coaching among others England batsman Jos Buttler and Somerset's Alex Barrow and Tom Webley. Breakwell's only first-class century came against the New Zealanders at Taunton in July 1978. His best bowling figures, 8 for 39, came when Northamptonshire beat Kent by an innings and 54 runs at Dov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill is a town and Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (county), West Midlands (originally in Staffordshire), England. It is located south of Dudley and north of Stourbridge. Part of the Black Country and in a heavily industrialised area, it had a population of 13,935 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. It is best known for glass and steel manufacturing, although the industry has declined considerably since the 1970s. One of the largest factories in the area was the Round Oak Steelworks, which closed down and was redeveloped in the 1980s to become the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. Since 2008, Brierley Hill has been designated as the Strategic Town Centre of the Dudley Borough. Toponymy The name ''Brierley Hill'' derives from the Old English words 'brer', meaning the place where the Rosa rubiginosa, Briar Rose grew; 'leah', meaning a woodland clearing; and 'hill'. History Largely a product of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Milburn
Colin Milburn (23 October 1941 – 28 February 1990) was an English cricketer, who played in nine Test matches for England, before an accident led to the loss of much of his sight and prompted his retirement. Cricker writer Colin Bateman commented, "he was a clean, natural hitter of the ball who had an infectious zest for the game and life". Bateman added, "he hit the ball with the strength of a lumberjack and he had the courage of a lion, but he was no Neanderthal clubber". Early life Milburn was born in Burnopfield, County Durham. His father, a local tradesman, was a noted professional player in Tyneside league cricket. The young Colin showed exceptional talent at the game, making his first-team debut at the age of thirteen. As a seventeen-year-old school pupil, he made his debut for Durham (then still a Minor county) in 1959, against the touring Indian team. Playing at Sunderland, Milburn scored a dynamic century, which brought him to the attention of the first-class cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Underwood
Derek Leslie Underwood (8 June 1945 – 15 April 2024) was an English international cricketer. In retirement he became president of the Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ... (MCC) in 2008. Through much of his career, Underwood was regarded as one of the best bowler (cricket), bowlers in Test cricket. Although classified as a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, Underwood bowled at around medium bowler, medium pace. He was often unplayable on seaming English wickets, particularly sticky wickets, earning his nickname 'Deadly'. Underwood was a First-class cricket, first-class bowler from his teens and took his 100th Test wicket and 1,000th first-class wicket in 1971, aged only 25. Only George Lohmann and Wilfred Rhodes had secured a thousand wic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Knott
Alan Philip Eric Knott (born 9 April 1946) is a former cricketer who represented England at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). Knott is widely regarded as one of the most eccentric characters in cricket and as one of the greatest wicket-keepers ever to play the game. He was described by cricket journalist Simon Wilde as "a natural gloveman, beautifully economical in his movements and armed with tremendous powers of concentration". On the occasion of England's 1000th Test in August 2018 he was named in the country's greatest Test XI by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Early life Born in Belvedere, Kent, Knott was educated at Belmont Primary School and Northumberland Heath Secondary Modern School. Encouraged by his father, he made his Kent debut in 1964 at the age of 18, joining the list of well-known Kent wicket-keepers. Playing career A servant for Kent for over twenty years, helping them to a number of successes such as in the Benson an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shepherd (cricketer)
John Neil Shepherd (born 9 November 1943) is a Barbadian former cricketer who played in five Test matches for the West Indies cricket team between 1969 and 1971. Shepherd had a long career in English county cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He was born in Belleplaine, St Andrew in Barbados and played for the Barbados cricket team in his early career.John Shepherd . Retrieved 2017-04-05.John Shepherd Cricketer of the Year 1979, '' |
Colin Cowdrey
Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 1932 – 4 December 2000) was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1950 to 1976, and in 114 Test matches for England from 1954 to 1975. He was born in Ootacamund, Madras Presidency, British India and died in Littlehampton, West Sussex. Cowdrey was a right-handed batsman who played in 692 first-class matches. He scored 42,719 career runs at an average of 42.89 runs per completed innings with a highest score of 307 as one of 107 centuries. He was an occasional right-arm leg spin bowler, taking 65 first-class wickets with a best innings return of 4/22. An outstanding slip fielder, he held 638 career catches. Cowdrey was the first player to make 100 appearances in Test cricket and also the first batsman to score a Test century, both home and away, against six other countries. Early life and school years Colin Cowdrey was born on his family's tea plantation at Ootacamund, Madra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Denness
Michael Henry Denness (1 December 1940 – 19 April 2013) was a Scottish cricketer who played for England national cricket team, England, Scotland national cricket team, Scotland, Kent County Cricket Club, Kent and Essex County Cricket Club, Essex. Scotland did not have a representative international team at the time of Denness' career, so he could only play for England at Test cricket, Test and One Day International, ODI level. He was the sixth player born in Scotland to play for England, after Gregor MacGregor (sportsman), Gregor MacGregor, Alec Kennedy, Ian Peebles, David Larter and Eric Russell (cricketer), Eric Russell, but remains the only England captain to be born in Scotland (Douglas Jardine and Tony Greig had Scottish parents, but Jardine was born in Bombay and Greig in South Africa). Denness later became an ICC match referee. He was one of the inaugural inductees into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1975. He was president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Webley
Thomas Webley (born 2 March 1983) is an English cricketer. Webley is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. Born in Bristol before moving to the village of Corfe Mullen in Dorset, Webley had been educated at King's College, a boarding school in Taunton, Somerset. In 1999 he first appeared for the Somerset Second XI in the Second Eleven Championship. In 2001, Webley was selected to represent the Somerset Cricket Board in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and as a result he made his debut in List A cricket against Wales Minor Counties, following this up the next season with his second List A appearance, which was to be the last of his career, against Cornwall in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. Taking up education at Anglia University, given its proximity to Cambridge resulted in Webley appearing for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, for which he made his debut in first-class cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Barrow
Alexander William Rodgerson Barrow (born 6 May 1992) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Somerset County Cricket Club. He made his first team debut for the county in the 2011 County Championship against Hampshire. Alex has risen through the ranks of the Somerset Youth sides representing the county from Under 11 to Under 17 and joining the county academy in 2008. Alex attended King's College, Taunton and Downside School, where his school career was prolific, culminating in 2010, when he was the leading Wisden schoolboy batsman, scoring 803 runs at an average of 160.60. In the same year he was called up to represent England U19s in their one day and T20 series versus Sri Lanka. He scored 50 on debut to help England win the first One Day International at Fenner's. Alex featured in all four remaining matches, the series ending drawn with two wins each and one no result The result in a game of cricket may be a "win" for one of the two teams playing, or a "ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jos Buttler
Joseph Charles Buttler (born 8 September 1990), known as Jos Buttler, is an English international cricket, cricketer and former captain of the England cricket team, national team. He plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire in domestic cricket and played in multiple Twenty20, T20 leagues. He is known for his innovative and aggressive batting style. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, 2019 ODI World Cup and led the team to victory at the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2022 T20 World Cup. Buttler made his Twenty20 International, T20I debut in 2011, his One Day International, ODI debut in 2012, and his Test debut in 2014. He was the vice-captain and a crucial member of the 2019 Cricket World Cup squads#England, England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, and made the run out during the Super Over which sealed victory in the 2019 Cricket World Cup final, final. He was appointed captain of England's Limited overs cricket, limited-ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's College, Taunton
King's College is an independent co-educational day and boarding school in Taunton, Somerset, England, providing education for 2 to 18-year-olds. Set across two sites, it is surrounded by Somerset countryside. A member school of the Woodard Corporation, the school has approximately 450 pupils, including about 300 boarders. The associated prep school is King's College Prep School. The head of the school is Michael Sloan, who started his first academic year in the winter of 2022. King’s College Taunton has several international schools: in Doha, Riyadh and India. History King's College, Taunton, or King Alfred's College as it was originally named, was founded in 1880 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard. King's College was the fifth of the Woodard schools to be opened. Woodard purchased the recently built buildings of Taunton Grammar School in South Road when financial difficulties forced the Grammar School to move back to their original site. The buildings had been designed by Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Botham
Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham (born 24 November 1955) is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017 and charity fundraiser. Hailed as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of the game, Botham represented England in both Test and One-Day International cricket. He was a part of the English squads which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup and as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Botham played most of his first-class cricket for Somerset, at other times competing for Worcestershire, Durham and Queensland. He was an aggressive right-handed batsman and, as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, was noted for his swing bowling. He generally fielded close to the wicket, predominantly in the slips. In Test cricket, Botham scored 14 centuries with a highest score of 208, and from 1986 to 1988 held the world record for the most Test wickets until overtak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
