Another brother, A. N. Hornby, was Captain of the England Cricket Team.
The club has provided a number of international players since 1871, including Albert Neilson Hornby, the first ever player to captain England at both rugby and cricket.
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Albert Neilson Hornby, the first ever player to captain England at both rugby and cricket
Hornby was the fourth son of William Henry Hornby, who had been Mayor of Blackburn and also served as Member of Parliament for the town; his younger brother was 'Monkey' Hornby, the Lancashire and England cricket captain.
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A. S. Hornby (1898–1978), English grammarian, lexicographer and researcher into second language teaching