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Abel, Robert [Bobby] (1857–1936), cricketer  

Eric Midwinter

Abel, Robert [Bobby] (1857–1936), cricketer, was born at 18 Commercial Street, Rotherhithe, London, on 30 November 1857, the son of Thomas Abel (b. c.1815), a lamplighter, and his wife, Elizabeth Highland (b. 1816). After attending school in Southwark and playing cricket for ...

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Aislabie, Benjamin (1774–1842), wine merchant and cricket administrator  

Eric Midwinter

revised by Christine Clark

Aislabie, Benjamin (1774–1842), wine merchant and cricket administrator, was born on 14 January 1774 in Newington Green, Middlesex, the third son, and sixth and last child, of Rawson Aislabie (d. 1806), soap and wine merchant of Newington Green who owned two estates on the island of ...

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Aislabie, Benjamin (1774–1842)  

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Benjamin Aislabie (1774–1842) by Henry Edward Dawe © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Allen, Sir George Oswald Browning [Gubby] (1902–1989)  

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Sir George Oswald Browning Allen (1902–1989) by unknown photographer, c. 1932–3 Marylebone Cricket Club Photo Library

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Allen, Sir George Oswald Browning [Gubby] (1902–1989), cricketer and cricket administrator  

John Woodcock

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Allen, Sir George Oswald Browning [Gubby] (1902–1989), cricketer and cricket administrator, was born on 31 July 1902 in Sydney, Australia, the younger son and second of the three children of Sir Walter Macarthur Allen (1870–1943) and his wife, Marguerite Julie (Pearl), daughter of ...

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Altham, Harry Surtees (1888–1965), schoolmaster and cricket historian  

Hubert Doggart

Altham, Harry Surtees (1888–1965), schoolmaster and cricket historian, was born at 8 The Terrace, York Town, Frimley, Surrey, on 30 November 1888, the younger son of Sir Edward Altham Altham (1856–1943), army officer, and his wife, Georgina Emily (1855–1945), daughter of W. Macpherson Nicol...

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Ames, Leslie Ethelbert George (1905–1990), cricketer  

Ivo Tennant

Ames, Leslie Ethelbert George (1905–1990), cricketer, was born at Fairfield House, Elham, Kent, on 3 December 1905, the son of Harold Ames, accountant, and his wife, Edith Broadbridge. He attended the Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, and was unusual in his day in embarking on a career as a professional cricketer after a grammar school education. He left school at seventeen and was apprenticed in his cousin's grocery business, but a year later he joined the ...

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Ames, Leslie Ethelbert George (1905–1990)  

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Leslie Ethelbert George Ames (1905–1990) by unknown photographer, 1930s © Popperfoto

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Anderson, George (1826–1902), cricketer  

W. B. Owen

revised by Gerald M. D. Howat

Anderson, George (1826–1902), cricketer, was born at Aiskew, near Bedale, Yorkshire, on 20 January 1826, the son of Thomas Anderson, a tailor, and his wife, Ann. He early showed aptitude as a high and long jumper and as a cricketer. His cricketing ability was first noticed when the ...

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Bailey, Trevor Edward (1923–2011)  

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Trevor Edward Bailey (1923–2011) by unknown photographer, 1955 © Mirrorpix

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Bailey, Trevor Edward (1923–2011), cricketer, broadcaster, and journalist  

Dilwyn Porter

Bailey, Trevor Edward (1923–2011), cricketer, broadcaster, and journalist, was born on 3 December 1923 at 11 Imperial Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, the younger son (there were no daughters) of Bertrand Fothergill Bailey (1884–1947), a civil servant at the Admiralty, and his wife, Muriel Elsie, ...

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Bancroft, William James (1871–1959), rugby player and cricketer  

Gareth Williams

Bancroft, William James (1871–1959), rugby player and cricketer, was born on 2 March 1871 in the Carmarthen Arms, Waterloo Street, Swansea, Glamorgan, the eldest of the eleven children of William Bancroft (1848–1906), cobbler and cricket professional, and his wife, Emma Jones. At two years of age ...

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Barnes, Sydney Francis (1873–1967), cricketer  

Gerald M. D. Howat

Barnes, Sydney Francis (1873–1967), cricketer, was born on 19 April 1873 at Cross Street, Smethwick, Staffordshire, the second son of the five children of Richard Barnes, a metal tester and later foreman shipper, who worked in Birmingham for the Muntz Metal Company for sixty-three years, and his wife, ...

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Barnes, Sydney Francis (1873–1967)  

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Sydney Francis Barnes (1873–1967) by unknown photographer, c. 1910 Getty Images

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Barrington, Kenneth Frank [Ken] (1930–1981), cricketer  

Mark Peel

Barrington, Kenneth Frank [Ken] (1930–1981), cricketer, was born on 24 November 1930 in Reading, the eldest of the three sons and four daughters of Percy Barrington, a regular soldier, and his wife, Winifred Lambden. His early experience of poverty shaped his life, for cricket, his abiding passion, also became his passport to better times. After attending ...

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Beauclerk, Lord Frederick de Vere (1773–1850), cricketer  

Eric Midwinter

Beauclerk, Lord Frederick de Vere (1773–1850), cricketer, was born on 8 May 1773 in the parish of St George, Hanover Square, London. He was the fourth child and youngest son of the seven children of Aubrey Beauclerk, fifth duke of St Albans (1740–1802)...

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Bedser, Sir Alec Victor (1918–2010), cricketer and businessman  

Rob Steen

Bedser, Sir Alec Victor (1918–2010), cricketer and businessman, was born on 4 July 1918 at his grandmother's house, 13 Pangbourne Street, Reading, one of twin sons of Arthur Bedser (1890–1978), a bricklayer then serving as an aircraftsman with the RAF, and his wife, ...

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Bedser, Sir Alec Victor (1918–2010)  

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Sir Alec Victor Bedser (1918–2010) by unknown photographer, 1946 [right, with his twin brother, Eric Bedser] © Popperfoto / Getty Images

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