COUNTY CRICKET: SUNDRY EXTRAS Second Edition Many cricketers who have made a small contribution to the outcomes of County Championship cricket have special achievements to their names in other fields. Often, of course, they have had other, more ‘worthwhile’ things to do with their lives. Perhaps we can think of them as the ‘Sundry Extras’ of county cricket. David Jeater 1 INTRODUCTION Many cricketers who have made a small contribution to the outcomes of County Championship cricket have special achievements to their names in other fields. Often, of course, they have had other, more ‘worthwhile’ things to do with their lives. Perhaps we can think of them as the ‘Sundry Extras’ of county cricket. The register below, a second edition of this little enterprise, seeks to recognise the achievements of 1,085 such cricketers in many areas of public life, including fields administrative, commercial, cultural, judicial, military, political, professional and sporting. This new version includes material kindly provided by respondents to the first version and material derived from various publications issued in the last couple of years. It covers cricketers with United Kingdom residency who played in fewer than 100 matches in the ‘official’ County Championship between the start of the 1890 season and the end of the 2016 season, who no longer play high-level cricket, and who fall into one or more of the categories listed in the paragraph below. They have: (a) played for England in a Test match; (b) been identified as cricketer of the year by Wisden, or as a young cricketer of the season by the Cricket Writers’ Club; (c) been appointed a county captain in the Championship for more than one season; (d) an exceptional individual achievement to their name in Championship cricket; (e) held an important administrative position at national level in cricket; (f) played at national or international level in another sport; (g) umpired in 100 or more Championship matches; (h) other achievements in the public eye, including UK civilian or military honours; (i) been a director of a well-known business; (j) died while on active service. The details provided for each player derive from a wide range of sources and comprise, where appropriate: (1) surname, forenames and well-used nicknames; (2) date and place of birth; (3) secondary schools and higher education institutions attended; (4) details of UK residence; (5) playing methods, as batsman, bowler and fielder; (6) details of counties represented in the Championship, seasons played, and playing status; (7) career record in the Championship, comprising matches played, runs scored and average, wickets taken and average, catches and stumpings made; (8) highest Championship score; (9) best innings bowling return in the Championship; 2 (10) other cricket achievements, including Test appearances and Championship matches umpired; (11) major cricket or sports awards received; (12) close relatives who played Championship cricket; (13) achievements at national or international level in other sports; (14) other achievements in the public eye, including civilian and military honours; (15) an apposite comment or quotation; (16) date and place of death. Further details about the entries can be seen in notes at the end of the register. The register is an attempt at a comprehensive list of those meeting the qualifications set out above. The compiler hopes that it informs and entertains. As with the first edition, he would welcome additions to the list, and information leading to corrections to the existing entries, at [email protected]. 3 REGISTER OF PLAYERS ABELL, George Edmond Brackenbury b 22.vi.1904 Worcester: ed Marlborough C; Oxford U: right-hand middle- or lower-order batsman; occ bowler; wicketkeeper: Worcestershire 1923-1926, 1928, 1935, 1939, a, for many years a civil servant in India, his appearances in chsp cricket were intermittent: cr 33 matches; 1,204 runs, av 23.60; none for 4; 41 ct, 12 st: hs 131 v Somerset, Wells, 1935: later, private secretary to last two viceroys of India; director Bank of England, Portals Holdings (paper mfg); Civil Service Commissioner: appointed OBE 1943, CIE 1946, KCIE (knighted) 1947 all for public services in India: ‘the capacity of taking every form of work and play in his stride’: d 11.i.1989 Ramsbury, Wiltshire. ABERCROMBIE, Cecil Halliday b 12.iv.1886 Muzaffarpur (Bengal), India: UK resident from an early age: ed Berkhamsted S; Britannia Royal Naval C, Dartmouth: right-hand middle-order batsman; occ right-arm medium- pace bowler; outfield: Hampshire 1913, a: cr 12 matches; 755 runs, av 34.31; none for 65; 5 ct: hs 165 v Essex, Leyton, 1913: played rugby union for London Scottish and Scotland: a career naval officer, his chsp cricket comprised a successful six-week period 1913: d 31.v.1916 off Ringkøbing Amt, Denmark, killed in action when his ship exploded in the Battle of Jutland, and having no known grave. ABERDARE, LORD, see BRUCE, Hon C.N. below. ABLACK, Robert Kenneth b 5.i.1919 Port of Spain, Trinidad: UK resident 1941-1962: right-hand lower-order batsman; left-arm slow bowler; outfield: Northamptonshire 1946, 1949, a: cr 2 matches; 5 runs, av 2.50; 6 wkt, av 29.83; 0 ct: no four-wicket returns: later, well-known radio broadcaster on cricket, then chairman Trinidad National Broadcasting Service: d 15.xii.2010 Glencoe (Diego Martin), Trinidad. ADAMS, Geoffrey Coker Arding b 24.v.1909 Hampstead, Middlesex: ed Radley C; Cambridge U: right-hand middle- or lower- order batsman; occ bowler; cover field: Hampshire 1928-1930, a: cr 18 matches; 421 runs, av 13.58; 4 wkt, av 40.50; 3 ct: no fifties: played rugby union for Harlequins: emigrated to Australia 1948, where later became well-known newspaper proprietor: appointed MBE 1969 for services to the newspaper industry: d 10.ii.1998 Geelong (Victoria), Australia. ADAMS, Sidney Clarke b 17.viii.1904 Northampton: ed Northampton GS: right-hand middle- or lower-order batsman; right-arm leg-break bowler: Northamptonshire 1932, a: cr 8 matches; 56 runs, av 5.09; 7 wkt, av 28.00; 4 ct: no fifties; bb 4-21 v Glamorgan, Northampton, 1932: ‘anyone who played cricket at Northampton between the wars needed a well-developed sense of the absurd’, a reference to his dismissal of and by Samuel Beckett in a first-class match in 1926: d 24.ii.1945 Hamminkeln (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Germany, killed in action. 4 ADSHEAD, Frank Hand b 9.ii.1894 Oldbury, Worcestershire: ed Dudley GS: right-hand middle- or lower-order batsman: Worcestershire 1927, a: cr 2 matches; 26 runs, av 8.66; did not bowl; 2 ct: older brother of W.E.Barnie-Adshead (see below): awarded MC 1917: d 22.xi.1977 Willesden, Middlesex. ADSHEAD, W.E, see BARNIE-ADSHEAD, W.E., below. AIREY, Robert Berkeley b 21.ix.1874 Southminster, Essex: ed Tonbridge S; Royal Military C, Sandhurst: right-hand middle-order batsman: Hampshire 1911, a: cr 3 matches; 52 runs, av 10.40; did not bowl; 2 ct: no fifties: a career soldier stationed outside UK at various times, his appearances in chsp cricket were limited: awarded DSO 1916; appointed CMG 1918 for military services: d 23.vi.1933 Westminster, Middlesex. AKERS-DOUGLAS, Ian Stanley b 16.xi.1909 Kensington, Middlesex: ed Eton C; Oxford U: right-hand middle-order batsman; occ bowler; outfield: Kent 1929, 1930, 1932-1934, 1936-1938, a: cr 45 matches; 1,389 runs, av 23.15; 3 wkt, av 20.33; 11 ct: hs 123 v Hampshire, Portsmouth, 1932: grandson of S.Christopherson (see below): amateur rackets singles champion 1932, 1933, 1934; amateur rackets doubles champion 1932, 1933, 1935; British open rackets singles champion 1933: d 16.xii.1952 Frant, Sussex, from injuries received in shotgun accident. ALDERWICK, Ernest Ewart Gladstone b 4.iv.1885 Bristol, Gloucestershire: right-hand middle-order batsman: Gloucestershire 1908, a: cr 2 matches; 7 runs, av 2.33; did not bowl; 0 ct: d 26.viii.1917 Péronne (Somme), France, killed in action. ALISON, Charles Hugh b 5.iii.1883 Preston, Lancashire: ed Malvern C; Oxford U: right-hand lower-order batsman; occ bowler: Somerset 1904, 1905, a: cr 2 matches; two innings, 5, 0*; none for 23; 1 ct: later, working with H.S.Colt, a leading golf-course designer, undertook commissions in many countries: appointed MBE 1939 for services to golf: d 20.x.1952 Woodstock (Cape Province), South Africa. ALLOM, Maurice James Carrick b 23.iii.1906 Northwood, Middlesex: ed Wellington C, Crowthorne; Cambridge U: right-hand lower-order batsman; right-arm medium-fast bowler; outfield: Surrey 1927-1933, 1937, a: cr 83 matches; 685 runs, av 9.25; 278 wkt, av 22.94; 37 ct: hs 57* v Middlesex, Kennington, 1932: bb 7-110 v Nottinghamshire, Kennington, 1929: played five Tests for England; president MCC 1969-1970; chairman TCCB 1969-1970: father of A.T.C. (Surrey 1960): tenor saxophonist Fred Elizalde jazz band 1927-1929: ‘he regularly dismissed good players and sometimes frightened them’: d 8.v.1995 Shipbourne, Kent. 5 ALTHAM, Harry Surtees b 30.xi.1888 Camberley, Surrey: ed Repton S; Oxford U: right-hand middle-order batsman; occ right-arm medium-pace bowler; versatile field: Surrey 1908, 1909, 1912, a; Hampshire 1919, 1921-1923, a: cr 32 matches; 856 runs, av 20.87; none for 11; 16 ct: hs 141 v Kent, Canterbury, 1921: president MCC 1959-1960, treasurer 1949-1963: author well-known ‘standard’ history of cricket and other books: awarded MC 1917, DSO 1918; appointed CBE 1957 for services to cricket: ‘among the best-known personalities in the world of cricket − player, legislator, Test selector, historian and coach’: d 11.iii.1965 Sheffield, Yorkshire. AMOR, Stanley Long (‘Skipper’) b 22.vii.1887 Bath, Somerset: ed Bath C: right-hand lower-order batsman; wicketkeeper: Somerset 1908, 1919-1922, 1930, a: cr 22 matches, incl 12 at Bath; 190 runs, av 7.91; did not bowl; 20 ct, 18 st: played hockey for Somerset: later, director Bath and Portland Stone (quarrying) and other companies: appointed MBE 1919 for military services in France: captained Bath CC for 36 seasons: d 7.viii.1965 Bath, Somerset.