List of British Army first-class cricketers
This is a list of cricketers who played first-class matches for the British Army cricket team. The side played a total of 51 first-class matches between 1912 and 1939. It played the Royal Navy side 14 times in top-level matches, all of which were played at Lord's,[a] and the Royal Air Force five times in first-class matches, but otherwise played mainly against university sides, with Cambridge University (15 times) and Oxford University (11 times) their most frequent opponents in top-level matches. The Army also played MCC three times and against the touring New Zealanders in 1927, South Americans in 1932 and West Indians in 1933.[1] Army cricket teams continue to play organised matches in the modern era, but none have held official status since 1939.[2]
A combined Army and Navy team played three first-class matches between 1910 and 1919,[3] the Combined Services side played 63 first-class matches between 1920 and 1964,[4] and a British Indian Army side played two first-class matches, one in each of the 1926–27 and 1934–35 Indian seasons.[5] Players who appeared in first-class matches for these sides are not included on this list unless they also played for the Army in a first-class match.
A
- Gilbert Alexander
- Arthur Archdale
- Francis Arkwright
- Edward Armitage
- Frederick Arnold
B
- Michael Baines
- Henry Baird
- William Barber
- Terence Battersby
- John Bean
- Thomas Bevan
- Lionel Bostock
- Francis Brooke
- Godfrey Bryan
- Eric Buller
- John Burrough
- Montagu Brocas Burrows
- Harry Bush
C
- Edward Cadogan
- Noel Carbutt
- Arthur Carr
- John Carr
- James Cassels
- Edward Challenor
- Raleigh Chichester-Constable
- Basil Clarke
- Arthur Cocks
- Colin Cokayne-Frith
- Eric Cole
- John Cole
- Geoffrey Cooke
- Wykeham Cornwallis
- Alexander Cowie
D
- Philip Davies
- Harold Day
- William Dickinson
- Guy Dury
- William Dutnall
- Ernest Dynes
F
- Harold Fawcus
- Godfrey Firbank
- Edward Fitzherbert
- Gustavus Fowke
- Robert St Leger Fowler
- Ian Freeland
G
- Hary Gardner
- Clive Garthwaite
- Kenneth Gibson
- Adrian Gore
- Michael Green
- George Grimston
- Daniel Grose
- Lancelot Grove
H
J
- Tom Jameson
- Julian Jefferson
- Peter Randall Johnson
- Alexander Johnston
- Ronald Joy
K
L
- Anthony Lawrence
- Hervey Lawrence
- Lawrence Le Fleming
- James Leaf
- Bill Leggatt
- Harry Lewis-Barclay
- Charles Loyd
M
N
- Frank Naumann
- Peter Nelson
O
P
- Charles Packe
- Richard Page
- Philip Pank
- Walter Parke
- William Parker
- William Payne-Gallwey
- Massey Poyntz
R
- Rowan Rait Kerr
- John Rawlence
- Geoffrey Rawson
- Geoffrey Rimbault
- William Robins
- Douglas Robinson
- Percy Robinson
- Francis Rogers
S
- Percival Sanger
- Harold Scott
- George Scott-Chad
- Frederick Shaw
- Frank Simpson
- Arthur Southby
- Trevor Spring
- Arthur Stanley-Clarke
- Ronald Stanyforth
- John Steele
- John Stephenson
- Charles Sutton
T
- John Tasker
- Lionel Tennyson
- Edmund Thomson
- Gordon Thorne
- Claud Tudor
- Roland Tudor
- Neville Tufnell
- Arthur Turner
- Walter Turner
- Arthur Tyler
V
W
- John Walford
- Frank Ward
- Gilbert White
- Michael White
- Reginald White
- William White
- Robert Whittaker
- John Whitty
- Alexander Wilkinson
- Edward Williams
- Leo Williams
- Peter Williams
- Francis Wilson
- Francis Wyatt
Y
See also
- List of Combined Services (United Kingdom) cricketers
- List of Royal Air Force first-class cricketers
- List of Royal Navy first-class cricketers
Notes
- ^ After 1929 the annual match against the Navy became a two-day fixture and, as a result, was no longer considered first-class cricket.
References
- ^ Army (England), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-06-09. (subscription required)
- ^ Army Cricket, Army Cricket Association. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ First-class matches played by Army and Navy (England), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-06-09. (subscription required)
- ^ First-class matches played by Combined Services (England), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-06-09. (subscription required)
- ^ Army (India), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-06-10. (subscription required)
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