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2 unusual facts about Pairs in Test and first-class cricket


Pairs in Test and first-class cricket

Fred Grace for England v Australia at The Oval in London 1880

Percy Twentyman-Jones for South Africa v Australia in Cape Town in 1902/03


Ashish Nehra

Nehra started playing first-class cricket for his hometown, Delhi, in the 1997/1998 season and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1999 and his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2001.

Ashley Noffke

Noffke made his first-class debut on 27 March 1999 for the Australian Cricket Academy XI against the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy XI in Harare.

Bank of England Ground

In 1967, the ground hosted its only first-class match in 1967, when Oxford University played the touring South African Universities team.

Bob Haines

Having played for the Kent Second XI in 1924, Haines joined Glamorgan nearly a decade later, making his first-class debut for the Welsh county against Nottinghamshire in the 1933 County Championship.

Charles Beckett

Charles Andrew Beckett (born 7 February 1794 in Gravesend, Kent; died 1838 in Chard, Somerset) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) who was active in the 1810s.

Charles Filgate

Charles Roden Filgate (16 October 1849 (Lissrenny, Ardee, County Louth, Ireland) – 1 September 1930 (Grove House, Pinner, Middlesex, England)) was an Irish amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1869 to 1877 for Gloucestershire and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), where he was a member.

Charles Marriott

Charles ("Father") Stowell Marriott (14 September 1895, Heaton Moor, Stockport, Lancashire – 13 October 1966, Dollis Hill, Middlesex) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Lancashire, Cambridge University and Kent.

Chris Read

After an England A tour to Kenya and Sri Lanka in the winter - making his first-class debut in Nairobi - Read was picked up by Nottinghamshire for the 1998 season.

Civil Service cricket team

A Civil Service cricket team made just one appearance in first-class cricket, when they played the touring New Zealanders, who were on their first tour of England, at the Civil Service Sports Ground in Chiswick in 1927.

Cyril Ayling

He represented Argentina in three first-class matches against Sir Theodore Brinckman's XI in 1937-38, but also played in non-first-class representational matches for Argentina from 1930 to 1959.

David Fairey

Fairey's father-in-law, Maurice Crouch, played List A and Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire, as well as first-class cricket for other teams.

Dickie Burrough

Herbert Dickinson "Dickie" Burrough, born at Wedmore, Somerset, on 6 February 1909, and died at Padstow, Cornwall, on 9 April 1994, played 171 first-class cricket matches for Somerset in a career that last for 20 years from 1927.

Edgar Ball

Edgar Cedric Ball (born 11 January 1892 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, died 15 May 1969 in Vancouver, Canada), was a former first-class cricketer who played three matches for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1914.

Edward Romilly

Edward Romilly (born 19 April 1804 at London; died 12 October 1870 at Porthkerry, Glamorgan) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1831, and a Member of Parliament from 1832 to 1835.

Ernest Greswell

Ernest Arthur Greswell, born at Cuddalore, Madras, India on 8 June 1885 and died at Minehead, Somerset, England on 15 January 1962, played first-class cricket for Somerset in 12 matches between 1903 and 1910.

Ernie Carless

Carless made his first-class debut for Glamorgan in 1934 against Middlesex, though Tom Brierley kept wicket in this match; he played one further match for the county in that season, against Surrey, when Carless kept wicket.

George Boudier

George John Boudier (born 5 September 1820 at Warwick; died 18 December 1899 at Ewhurst, Sussex) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1840 to 1847.

George Freemantle

George Freemantle (born 14th March 1806, Easton, Hampshire; details of death unknown) was an English cricketer who was associated with Hampshire and made his first-class debut in 1829.

George Gaukrodger

George Warrington Gaukrodger (11 September 1877, Kirkburton, Yorkshire – 4 January 1938, Low Moor, Bradford, Yorkshire) was a cricketer who played more than 100 times in first-class cricket for Worcestershire between 1900 and 1910; he also played once for the Players against the touring Australians in 1902.

George Vassila

Vassila played a single first-class match for Middlesex in 1880 against Gloucestershire at the Clifton College Close Ground in Clifton, Bristol.

Glenn Trimble

Trimble played in 57 Sheffield Shield and other first-class matches for Queensland between 1982–83 and 1989–90 and two One Day International World Series Cup matches in Perth and Adelaide against New Zealand in 1985–86 under Allan Border.

Graham Manou

He made his first-class debut on 22 March 1999 playing for the Australian Cricket Academy against a Matabeleland Invitational XI at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo.

Jim Phillips

James Phillips (1 September 1860, Pleasant Creek, now Stawell, Victoria – 21 April 1930 at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) was a Victorian first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.

Joe Buckland

Buckland made one first-class appearance during the 1948 season, playing in an early season friendly match at Rodney Parade, Newport, against Glamorgan in which both teams tried out new players.

Joseph McMaster

Joseph Emile Patrick McMaster (16 March 1861 in County Down, Ireland – 7 June 1929 in London) is notable as having probably the oddest and shortest first-class cricket career of all-time.

Ken Kinnersley

Kenneth Charles Kinnersley, born at Apia, Upolu, Samoa on 13 March 1914 and died at Clifton, Bristol on 30 June 1984, played first-class cricket for Somerset in 10 matches in the 1930s.

Maneer Mirza

After a number of second-team appearances the previous year, Mirza made his first-class debut in Worcestershire's drawn game against Pakistan A at New Road in July 1997.

Mark Wolstenholme

His brother, John, played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and List A cricket for the Northamptonshire Cricket Board.

Min Patel

Born in Bombay (now called Mumbai), and educated in England at Dartford Grammar School and later Manchester Polytechnic, Patel's first-class debut for Kent came at the tail-end of the 1989 English cricket season, in a match against high-flying Middlesex.

Mumtaz Habib

first-class debut in England for Durham UCCE against Nottinghamshire, making him the first Afghan to play first-class cricket in England, and the second Afghan born cricketer after Salim Durani to play first-class cricket.

Neville Tufnell

Born in 1887 in Simla, Punjab, India, Tufnell played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club in a not particularly notable first-class career as a wicketkeeper that lasted from 1907 to 1924.

Nick Kruger

Nicholas James Kruger (born 14 August 1983, Paddington, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer who has played First-class cricket for Queensland and List A cricket for Tasmania.

Patrick Mermagen

Patrick Hassell Frederick Mermagen (8 May 1911, Colyton, Devon – 20 December 1984 Ipswich, Suffolk) was a public school teacher and cricketer who played eight first-class matches for Somerset in 1930.

Peter Fulton

Peter Fulton, a tall middle-order batsman nicknamed "Two-Metre Peter", initially made his mark on first-class cricket by scoring 301 not out against Auckland at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch in 2003, which is the highest maiden first-class century by any New Zealand batsman.

Philip Weaver

Weaver made two first-class appearances for Hampshire in the 1938 County Championship against Glamorgan and his second and final first-class match against Cambridge University, in which he made his highest first-class score of 37.

Richard Cheslyn

Richard Cheslyn (born 17 December 1797 at Langley Priory, Leicestershire; died 29 December 1858 at Shelford, Nottinghamshire) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1846.

Roland Leather

Roland Sutcliffe Leather (17 August 1880 – 3 January 1913) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1906, against the West Indian tourists at St George's Road Cricket Ground, Harrogate.

Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club

Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club are a first-class cricket team based in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

Steve Watkin

Watkin made his first-class debut against Worcestershire in 1986, taking the wickets of Graeme Hick and Phil Neale, and also played two Sunday League games, but had to wait until 1988 for a second chance.

Stewart Hutton

He was one of the few players retained by Durham who had played minor counties cricket following their elevation to first-class status for the 1992 season.

Ted Lester

He made his debut as an amateur right-handed middle-order batsman immediately after World War II, and in 1947 he made three centuries in eleven innings, which left him third in the English national averages behind Denis Compton and Bill Edrich in their year of unparalleled success.

Terence Cowley

Terence John "Terry" Cowley (born 17 July 1928, in Evandale, Tasmania, died 30 January 2012 in Launceston, Tasmania) was a cricket player, who played first-class cricket for Tasmania.

United North of England Eleven

The majority were minor matches played against odds while the last of the season, against Richard Daft's XI at Holbeck was a first-class match.

Wayne Holdsworth

Wayne John Holdsworth (born 5 October 1968 in Paddington, New South Wales) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the New South Wales Blues.

Wilfrid Foster

Major Wilfrid Lionel Foster CBE DSO (2 December 1874 – 22 March 1958) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club in their early years in first-class cricket.

Will Martingell

William ("Will") Martingell (born 20 August 1818 at Nutfield, Surrey; died 29 September 1897 at Eton Wick, Buckinghamshire) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1839 to 1860.

William Greenway

William Whitmore Greenway (5 March 1798, Nuneaton, Warwickshire – 28 May 1868, Mount Bosworth, Leicestershire) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1820 for Cambridge University Cricket Club, making 3 known appearances.


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