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List Of Royal Navy First-class Cricketers
This is a list of cricketers who played first-class cricket, first-class matches for the Royal Navy cricket team. The side played a total of 21 first-class matches between 1912 and 1929, most frequently playing the British Army cricket team, Army side which it met 14 times in top-level matches, all of which were played at Lord's. The side played the Royal Air Force cricket team, Royal Air Force three times in first-class matches between 1927 and 1929 and also played first-class matches against Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridge University, Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC and, in 1927, against the New Zealand cricket team in England in 1927, touring New Zealanders. Royal Navy cricket teams continue to play organised matches in the modern era, but none have held official status since 1929. A Army and Navy cricket team, combined Army and Navy team played three first-class matches between 1910 and 1919 and the Combined Services cricket team, Combined Services side played 63 fir ... [...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 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 the term was used loosely before it acquired official status in 1895, following a meeting of leading English clubs. At a meeting of the International Cricket Council, 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 statisticians with the problem of how to categorise earlier matches, especially those played in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |