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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.
Noffke made his first-class debut on 27 March 1999 for the Australian Cricket Academy XI against the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy XI in Harare.
In 1967, the ground hosted its only first-class match in 1967, when Oxford University played the touring South African Universities team.
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 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 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 ("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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 (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 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.
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 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 (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 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.
Vassila played a single first-class match for Middlesex in 1880 against Gloucestershire at the Clifton College Close Ground in Clifton, Bristol.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
His brother, John, played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and List A cricket for the Northamptonshire Cricket Board.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fred Grace for England v Australia at The Oval in London 1880
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, 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.
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 (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 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 are a first-class cricket team based in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
Cadell's great-uncle Vernon Royle represented Lancashire, Oxford University and the Marylebone Cricket Club in first-class cricket.
He came from cricketing stock as the elder son of the cricketer Richard Hutton and his grandfathers Sir Leonard Hutton and Ben Brocklehurst also played first-class cricket.
Bruce Hylton-Stewart (1891–1972), played first-class cricket for Somerset and Cambridge University between 1912 and 1914
His son, Stephen Fry, his grandson, Charles Fry, and his cousin, Kenneth Fry (1883–1949), all played first-class cricket.
His second son, Bruce Hylton-Stewart, played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club and appears generally to have used a hyphen in his surname.
Kendle's nephew William Kendle also played first-class cricket for Hampshire, representing the club in five first-class matches.
His younger brother, Oswald (who died during the first World War in 1916) and son Anthony would, like him, also play for first-class cricket but none were stand-outs with the willow.
Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare, public park in Somerset town formerly used as first-class cricket venue
He scored 26 not out and 74 (his highest first-class score) in his first game for Western Australia and made some other useful contributions with the bat, but his bowling lacked its former penetration, and with strong competition for pace-bowling places in the state side from McKenzie, Sam Gannon, Laurie Mayne, Ian Brayshaw and Jim Hubble, he played no further first-class cricket after that season.
Ten years would pass before first-class cricket returned to Crystal Palace, when in 1880 the Players played the Australians during their tour of England.
His father, Kenneth Orchard and uncle Eric Orchard played first-class cricket for Natal, and his son Justin Orchard for Free State.
Cousins' son, Darren, played first-class cricket, while his uncle, Harold, played Minor Counties Cricket for Cambridgeshire.
His brother, Herbert, also played first-class cricket for the county, as well as being a two-time FA Cup winner with the Old Etonians.
His father, George Knew senior, also played first-class cricket for Leicestershire.
Returning to the British Cape Colony to maintain his health, Lohmann played no more first-class cricket until February, yet on the matting wickets in three "Tests" (the England eleven was no more than England "A" of today), Lohmann was so unplayable that he took 35 wickets for the remarkable average of just 5.80 runs each.
Longman's son Henry played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Surrey, Middlesex and the Marylebone Cricket Club.
His uncle, Herbert, also played first-class cricket for Sussex, as well as being a two-time FA Cup winner with the Old Etonians.
Langley played his last Test match against India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in November 1956 and retired from first class cricket a month later after scoring a century for South Australia against New South Wales at the Adelaide Oval.
Garney Goodrick (1895–1929), Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Tasmania and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League
Other players to have played both first class cricket and for the club include former Essex and Leicestershire man Darren Robinson, international coach Richard Pybus and New Zealand U-19 and Canterbury bowler Matt Henry.
A left-handed batsman, and right-arm off break, Barton's father Peter and his uncle Hugh also played first class cricket in New Zealand.
It wasn't until the age of 31 that he made his first-class cricket debut, picked to play against a Bob Willis led England XI.
Born in Exton, in the north of Tasmania near Deloraine, Badcock was the second youngest player for Tasmania in first-class cricket, making his debut in 1929-30 at the age of 15.
Crawley announced on 8 August 2009 that at the end of the 2009 County Championship he would be retiring from all forms of first-class cricket, stating he did not want to stand in the way of emerging talent at Hampshire.
As well as playing first-class cricket, William was a Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament for East Kent from 1845–1857 and 1857–1862 following the resignation from the House of Commons of Sir Edward Dering who had defeated Deedes at the 1857 election.
After two years in the Lancashire League, the Leicestershire captain, Ray Illingworth called Higgs out of first-class cricket retirement because of Graham McKenzie's expected unavailability with the 1972 Australians.
Her great-uncle, J. F. Byrne, captained Warwickshire in first-class cricket and was full back of the England rugby union team
His brother, Nick Folland, played first-class cricket for Somerset as well as List A and Minor Counties cricket for Devon.
His uncle, Martin, played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire.
But a knee injury, followed by an operation, left him as a spectator as the county, under new captain James Whitaker, took their second Championship title in 1996, and he never played first-class cricket again.
His grandfathers Ben Brocklehurst, Sir Leonard Hutton, father Richard Hutton, brother Ben Hutton, cousin Simon Dennis and great-uncle Frank Dennis have all played in first-class cricket.
In-between his university appearances, Samson had hit the only century of his first-class cricket career for Somerset in the match against Gloucestershire at Gloucester; the century, 105, came after Gloucestershire had been dismissed for just 61, and Beaumont Cranfield and Len Braund bowled unchanged through the two Gloucestershire innings.
Michael John "Pasty" Harris (born May 25, 1944, in St Just in Roseland, Cornwall) is an English cricketer who played for various first class cricket teams.
An expansion of the Bombay Quadrangular, a first-class cricket tournament held in India.
He next represented Nottinghamshire in the 1914 season, which was to be his last in first-class cricket.
His elder son Alec has also represented Bedfordshire and played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and Lancashire.
His uncle Derek Bridge played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Northamptonshire and Minor counties cricket for Dorset, as well as rugby union for a number of teams.
Toyne's nephew, Herbert Hake OBE represented Hampshire and Cambridge University in first-class cricket.
Worcestershire were crushed by an innings and 183 runs, and Stringer's only innings of bowling brought him figures of 1-103, his one and only victim in first-class cricket being future Test player Harry Makepeace.
Amongst the many good players to have represented the club down the years, two homegrown players have gone on to play first class cricket, these are Anthony Penberthy and Malcolm Dunstan.
His younger brother Frank played first-class cricket for Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and England.