Wikiwand AI

List of Cambridge Town Club and Cambridgeshire cricketers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of cricketers who played for either Cambridge Town Club (CTC) or the original Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club in historically important matches between 1817 and 1863, and in a handful of first-class matches between 1864 and 1871.[1][note 1] Anyone who played for teams with the alternate titles of Cambridge Union Club (1826–1833), Cambridge Townsmen (one match only in 1848), and the Cambridge Town and County Club (1844–1856) are included, all these being variations of CTC.[3]

The Town Club was formed before 1817. The original county club was formally established in March 1844 but folded in 1868, although a handful of Cambridgeshire matches were played until 1871.[4] The modern county club, which plays in the Minor Counties Championship, was founded in June 1891.[4] Cambridge University Cricket Club co-existed in its early years, but has always been a separate entity.

The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he played important and/or first-class matches for one of the teams, and then his name is given as it would appear on a modern match scorecard. Some players also played for the university, and many players represented other teams outside Cambridgeshire. Six Cambridgeshire players were part of the combined Cambridgeshire & Yorkshire team which played against Kent & Nottinghamshire in 1864.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

  • James Jiggins (1854–1861) : J. Jiggins[note 8]
  • William Jiggins (1859) : W. Jiggins
  • George Randall Johnson (1857) : G. R. Johnson
  • T. Johnson (1825–1834) : T. Johnson
  • W. Johnston (1837–1838) : W. Johnston
  • G. Jones (1839) : G. Jones

K

L

M

N

O

  • Frederick Odams (1867) : F. W. Odams[note 10]
  • Owen (1819–1821) : Owen

P

R

S

  • Salmoni (1831) : Salmoni
  • Henry Saunders (1865–1866) : H. B. Saunders
  • William Saunders (1865) : W. Saunders
  • Edward Sayres (1838) : E. Sayres
  • Avison Scott (1867–1871) : A. T. Scott
  • J. Scott (1819–1831) : J. Scott
  • Thomas Sell (1826–1833) : T. Sell
  • Walter Sell (1851–1852) : W. Sell
  • James Seymour (1834–1836) : J. F. Seymour
  • Matthew Seymour (1860–1863) : M. Seymour
  • George Smith (1868–1871) : G. Smith
  • John Smith (1863–1871) : J. Smith
  • Smith (1826–1827) : Smith
  • Thomas Snow (1844) : T. Snow
  • Sprig (1831) : Sprig
  • J. Stearn (1834) : J. Stearn
  • Thomas Stearn (1821–1840) : T. Stearn
  • George Sussum (1826–1832) : G. Sussum
  • J. Swan (1825–1826) : J. Swan

T

W

Notes

  1. [1]
    Any match listed in the ACS' Important Match Guide (1981) is historically important, and therefore of the highest standard, whether or not a scorecard might exist. The same applies to numerous matches discovered by researchers since 1981.[2]
    For further information, see First-class cricket.
  2. [2]
    William Batchelor (1846–1917) played in two first-class matches for Cambridgeshire in 1868. He attended Emmanuel College at Cambridge University, and was a clergyman.[5]
  3. [3]
    Augustus Berry (1833–1888) was born in Thriplow and died in Cambridge. He played in four important matches for Cambridgeshire in 1862, and may have been a professional cricketer employed by the University.[6]
  4. [4]
    Robert Carpenter, Alfred Diver, and Tom Hayward were members of the England team which toured North America in 1859.
  5. [5]
    William Cornwell (1838–1915) was born and died in Bottisham. He played for Cambridgeshire five times between 1864 and 1868.[7]
  6. [6]
    Henry Ellis (1840–1902) played in a single first-class match for Cambridgeshire in 1864.[8]
  7. [7]
    Henry Francis (1826–1866) was born in Southwold and died in Godmanchester. He was probably engaged as a professional cricketer at Cambridge University.[9]
  8. [8]
    James Jiggins (1838–1909) played four matches for Cambridgeshire or CTC between 1854 and 1861.[10]
  9. [9]
    William Newman (1837–1897) was born and died in Cambridge. He played in five first-class matches for Cambridgeshire between 1867 and 1871.[11]
  10. [10]
    Frederick Odams (1843–1879) played two first-class matches for Cambridgeshire in 1867. He is known to have also played for the travelling elevens.[12]

References

Bibliography

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks