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John Whitehead (cricketer)
John Parkin Whitehead (3 September 1925 – 15 August 2000) was an English first-class cricketer, who played thirty seven first-class games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1946 to 1951, plus thirty three for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershire in 1953 and 1955, and four more for the Combined Services cricket team, Combined Services in 1947. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI (1946-1951), Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire (1945), British Army cricket team, Army (1947), Yorkshire Present (1951) and the Worcestershire Second XI (1955). Born in Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, Whitehead was a right arm fast medium bowler, who took 147 wickets at 29.23, with a best of 5 for 10 for the Combined Services against Worcestershire, one of four hauls of five wickets in an innings. He scored 1,246 first-class runs at 19.16, with a highest score of 71, which he made twice, once for Worcestershire and once for the Combined Services. He too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First-class Cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although in practice a team might play only one innings or none at all. The etymology of "first-class cricket" is unknown, but it was used loosely before it acquired official status in 1895, following a meeting of leading English clubs. At a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) in 1947, it was formally defined on a global basis. A significant omission of the ICC ruling was any attempt to define first-class cricket retrospectively. That has left historians, and especially statisticians, with the problem of how to categorise earlier matches, especially those played in Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |