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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Abel, Robert [Bobby] (1857–1936), cricketer
Eric Midwinter
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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)
Maker: Henry Edward Dawe
Benjamin Aislabie (1774–1842) by Henry Edward Dawe © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Alcock, Charles William (1842–1907)
Maker: James Russell & Sons
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Charles William Alcock (1842–1907) by James Russell & Sons Marylebone Cricket Club Photo Library
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Alcock, Charles William (1842–1907), sports administrator and writer
Richard Holt
Alcock, Charles William (1842–1907), sports administrator and writer, was born on 2 December 1842 at 10 Norfolk Street, Sunderland, the second child of six sons and three daughters of Charles Alcock (d. 1881), a shipowner and later a shipbroker and insurance broker, and his wife, ...
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Alexander, Alexander [Alick] (1849–1928), promoter of physical education
Richard William Cox
Alexander, Alexander [Alick] (1849–1928), promoter of physical education, was born in Liverpool on 14 May 1849, the second son of W. C. Alexander, a chief carpenter in the Royal Navy who had settled in Liverpool at the end of his period of service. Following an education at ...
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Alexander, (Conel) Hugh O'Donel (1909–1974), chess player and cryptanalyst
Harry Golombek
revised by Ralph Erskine
Alexander, (Conel) Hugh O'Donel (1909–1974), chess player and cryptanalyst, was born in Cork on 19 April 1909, the eldest of four children of Conel William Long Alexander (1879–1920), professor of engineering at University College, Cork, and his wife, Hilda Barbara Bennett (1881–1964), of ...
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Alexander, William Whiteway (1852–1933), athletics administrator
Wilfred Morgan
Alexander, William Whiteway (1852–1933), athletics administrator, was born on 3 December 1852 at Park Hill Farm, Andover, Hampshire, the younger son of James Whiteway Alexander (b. 1821/2), who later became an inn-keeper. Most of his boyhood was spent on the Isle of Wight...
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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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Anderdon, John Lavicount (1792–1874), writer on angling and devotional subjects
W. P. Courtney
revised by Wray Vamplew
Anderdon, John Lavicount (1792–1874), writer on angling and devotional subjects, was born in Bristol on 5 April 1792, the third son of John Proctor Anderdon (1760–1846), and his first wife, Anne, née Oliver. After some time at the Ealing preparatory school of ...
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Anthoine, Julian Vincent [Mo] (1939–1989), mountaineer
Peter Donnelly
Anthoine, Julian Vincent [Mo] (1939–1989), mountaineer, was born at 249 Marlpool Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, on 1 August 1939, the second of two children of Joseph Franklin Anthoine (1907–1972), carpet designer, and his first wife, Enid May Smith (1899–1944). He was educated at Bennett Street primary school...
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Apperley, Charles James [Nimrod] (1778–1843)
Maker: Edward Francis Finden
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Charles James Apperley [Nimrod] (1778–1843) by Edward Francis Finden, pubd 1837 (after Daniel Maclise) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Apperley, Charles James [pseud. Nimrod] (1778–1843), writer on sport
Norman Gash
Apperley, Charles James [pseud. Nimrod] (1778–1843), writer on sport, was born on 22 July 1778 at Plasgronow, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, the second son and the fourth of eight children of Thomas Apperley (1730–1814) and his wife, Anne, daughter of the Welsh poet the ...
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Applebee, Constance Mary Katherine (1873–1981), promoter of women's field hockey
Fernanda Helen Perrone
Applebee, Constance Mary Katherine (1873–1981), promoter of women's field hockey, was born Katherine Mary at Chigwell Row, Chigwell, Essex, on 4 June 1873, the daughter of James Kay Applebee (1827–1903), a Unitarian minister and lecturer, and his second wife, Katherine Ann Applebee, née...
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Applebee, Constance Mary Katherine (1873–1981)
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Constance Mary Katherine Applebee (1873–1981) by unknown photographer, 1901 Bryn Mawr College Library, Special Collections
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Arnott, Walter (1861–1931), footballer
Robert A. Crampsey
Arnott, Walter (1861–1931), footballer, was born in London Terrace, Pollokshields, Glasgow, on 12 May 1861, the son of William Arnott, a grain merchant, and his wife, Mary McLause. He was educated at Glasgow high school, a rugby-playing school, but was converted to the association game after watching (from the roof of a carriage outside the ground) the first official international match between ...
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Arnott, Walter (1861–1931)
Maker: Maclure, McDonald & Co.
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Walter Arnott (1861–1931), by Maclure, McDonald & Co.
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Ashton, Eric (1935–2008), rugby league player
Tony Collins
Ashton, Eric (1935–2008), rugby league player, was born on 24 January 1935 at 87 Mulberry Avenue, St Helens, Lancashire, the only son of Ernest Ashton, a glassworks labourer, and his wife, Sarah, née Dixon. He attended Rivington Road high school in St Helens...
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Astley, Sir John Dugdale, third baronet (1828–1894), sportsman
Thomas Seccombe
revised by Julian Lock
Astley, Sir John Dugdale, third baronet (1828–1894), sportsman, a descendant of Thomas de Astley, who was slain at Evesham in 1265, and of Jacob Astley, Lord Astley, was the eldest son of Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, second baronet (1805–1873), of Everleigh, near Marlborough...
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Astley, Sir John Dugdale, third baronet (1828–1894)
Maker: Franz Baum
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Sir John Dugdale Astley, third baronet (1828–1894) by Franz Baum, in or after 1887 © National Portrait Gallery, London
