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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | ? | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 3 | 437 |
| Runs scored | 21 | 16109 |
| Batting average | 3. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any In the sport of Cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 50 | 23. 45 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 16/75 |
| Top score | 9 | 188 |
| Balls bowled | 28 | 593 |
| Wickets | 1 | 11 |
| Bowling average | 0. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 00 | 23. 45 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 1/0 | 4/40 |
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | 313/3 |
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Test debut: 2 January 1879 |
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Albert Neilson Hornby (Blackburn, Lancashire, 10 February 1847 – 17 December 1925 in Nantwich, Cheshire) was the England cricket captain who lost the Test match which gave rise to the Ashes, at home against the Australians in 1882. Blackburn ( is a large town in Lancashire, England. It lies to the north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nantwich is a market town in south Cheshire, England, in the Borough and parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. This is a list of all English national cricket captains, comprising all of the men boys and women who have captained an English national cricket team at official The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
His father was William Henry Hornby, who was Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1857 to 1865. William Henry Hornby (born in Blackburn, Lancashire, 1805 &ndash 1884 was variously an Industrialist, the Mayor of Blackburn in Lancashire A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Blackburn is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year His brothers, Edward and William, were also M. P. s for Blackburn from 1869 to 1874, and from 1886 to 1910 respectively. Edward and another brother Cecil also played first class cricket.
The Test match in 1882 was a one-off game played at The Oval in London, England, and the English cricket team lost it to Australia. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Oval PavilionJPG|250px|right|thumb|The Members Pavilion]] The Oval is an international Cricket ground in Kennington, London London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. In response, the Sporting Times printed the following "obituary" to English cricket:
- In Affectionate Remembrance of ENGLISH CRICKET, which died at the Oval on 29th AUGUST, 1882, Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances R. I. P.
- N. B. - The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.
A. N. Hornby captained England in only one more Test (his last), standing in for Lord Harris (who had stood out in protest) in the first Test of 1884. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year In 1882, Hornby also captained England at rugby, making him one of only two men to have captained England at both these sports, the other being Andrew Stoddart. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Andrew Ernest Stoddart ( 11 March, 1863 – 4 April, 1915) was an English Cricketer and Rugby union player
His lack of stature and excess of energy earned him the nickname "Monkey", while his players called him "The Boss", for his martinet approach to captaincy. In all cricket sources, however, he is referred to by his initials, and never by a nickname.
Hornby and his fellow Lancashire and England batsman Dick Barlow were immortalised in one of the best known of all cricket poems, At Lord's by Francis Thompson which contains the following celebrated lines:
- It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
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- Though my own red roses there may blow;
- It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
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- Though the red roses crest the caps, I know. Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic Richard ("Dick" Gorton Barlow ( 28 May 1851 in Barrow Bridge Bolton, Lancashire, England – 31 July 1919 Poetry The Sport of Cricket has inspired much Poetry, most of which romanticises the sport Francis Thompson ( December 18, 1859 – November 13, 1907) was an English poet and Ascetic.
- For the field is full of shades as I near a shadowy coast,
- And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,
- And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host
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- As the run stealers flicker to and fro,
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- To and fro:
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- O my Hornby and my Barlow long ago !
| Preceded by Alfred Shaw |
English national cricket captain 1882 |
Succeeded by Honourable Ivo Bligh |
See also
External links
- Cricinfo page on A. N. Hornby
- CricketArchive page on A. N. Hornby
- Biography on www.cricketarchive.com
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