An East of England cricket team (known simply as "East") was organised on an ad hoc basis at intervals between 1874 and 1948.[1] CricketArchive lists ten East matches in total, five of them rated first-class. Four first-class matches were against West and one, in 1927, against the touring New Zealanders.[2][3]
Summary of first-class matches edit
5 September 1892 — East v West at United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth. West won by 48 runs.[4]
- West 186 (John Shilton 6/63) and 163 (Hornsby 8/63) ; East 159 and 142.
- Note : Sammy Woods (West) took thirteen wickets in the match with 7/56 and 6/53
3 September 1894 — East v West at United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth. Match drawn.[5]
- East 305 and 129/6d ; West 272 and 71/0.
20 June 1910 — West v East at Cardiff Arms Park. West won by 4 wickets.[6]
- East 295 (Freeman 94) and 112 ; West 199 and 210/6.
9 July 1927 — East v New Zealanders at Harecroft Road, Wisbech. New Zealanders won by 8 wickets.[7]
- East 170 and 145 ; NZ 243 (Hazelton 5/68) and 76/2.
8 September 1948 — East v West at Leyland Motors Ground, Kingston-upon-Thames. East won by 223 runs.[8]
- East 392 (Pawson 128*) and 304-8d (Todd 107) ; West 294 (Sims 3/82) and 179 (Sims 10/90).
- Note : Jim Sims (East) took thirteen wickets in the match, including the rare feat of ten wickets in an innings with his 10/90 in the second innings.
Players edit
The following 53 players represented East in first-class matches. Two players, John Hornsby and Charles Wright made two appearances, the rest one apiece.
- Herbert Bainbridge (1892)
- Tom Barling (1948)
- Alex Bowell (1910)
- George Brann (1892)
- Syd Brown (1948)
- Claude Buckenham (1910)
- Frederick Burton (1927)
- George Carnegie-Brown (1927)
- Richard Carter (1927)
- Reginald Covill (1927)
- Dickie Dodds (1948)
- Ray Dovey (1948)
- Francis Ford (1892)
- Ray Frearson (1927)
- John Freeman (1910)
- Laurie Gray (1948)
- Arthur Grimsdell (1927)
- Wyndham Hazelton (1927)
- Alec Hearne (1894)
- J. T. Hearne (1894)
- Norman Holloway (1927)
- John Hornsby (1892/94)
- Leonard Irvine (1927)
- Alec Kennedy (1910)
- Robert Slade Lucas (1894)
- Eustace Malden (1892)
- Frederick Martin (1894)
- Charlie McGahey (1910)
- Arthur McIntyre (1948)
- Phil Mead (1910)
- Walter Mead (1910)
- Jack Mee (1892)
- Billy Newham (1892)
- Tony Pawson (1948)
- Percy Perrin (1910)
- Walter Read (1894)
- Bill Reeves (1910)
- John Robinson (1894)
- John Searby (1927)
- John Shilton (1892)
- Jim Sims (1948)
- Ray Smith (1948)
- Peter Smith (1948)
- Andrew Stoddart (1894)
- Jimmy Stone (1910)
- Charles Titchmarsh (1927)
- Leslie Todd (1948)
- Bert Tremlin (1910)
- George Ulyett (1892)
- George Vernon (1892)
- Gerry Weigall (1894)
- Charles Wright (1892/94)
- Walter Wright (1894)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ East of England. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ First-class matches played by East of England. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ Other matches played by East of England Archived 14 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ East v West 1892. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ East v West 1894. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ West v East 1910. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ East v NZ 1927. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ East v West 1948. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.