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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman |
| Bowling type | Right arm off-break |
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| Matches | 454 |
| Runs scored | 18,735 |
| Batting average | 24. 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 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 23 |
| 100s/50s | 22/82 |
| Top score | 167 |
| Balls bowled | 51,060 |
| Wickets | 853 |
| Bowling average | 28. 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. 97 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 38 |
| 10 wickets in match | 4 |
| Best Bowling | 9-41 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 162/0 |
| First class debut: 14 May 1900 Last first class game: 3 September 1926 Source: CricketArchive |
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Frderick Albert Pearson (23 September 1880 - 10 November 1963) was an English cricketer: an all-rounder who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire between 1900 and 1926. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries An all-rounder is a Cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. 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 Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county He also appeared three times for Auckland in the 1910-11 season, and was twice selected to represent the Players against the Gentlemen, in 1911 at Scarborough and in 1924 at The Oval. The Auckland Aces are one of six New Zealand First class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. The Gentlemen v Players game was a First-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between teams consisting of amateurs (the Gentlemen and of The Oval PavilionJPG|250px|right|thumb|The Members Pavilion]] The Oval is an international Cricket ground in Kennington, London He scored 18,495 of his runs for Worcestershire, placing him (as of 2007) ninth on the county's all-time list, while his 815 wickets for the county are 12th on that ranking. [1] [2]
Born in Brixton, London, Pearson made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against London County in May 1900. Brixton is an area of the London Borough of Lambeth, in inner - South London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For the 18th century London club see: London Cricket Club London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by He opened the batting, though making little impression as he was dismissed for 7 and 2, and claimed the single wicket of Lionel Wells. He did not have much more success in three further first-class games that season, but caught the eye with match figures of 10-98 in a minor game against a touring West Indian side. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing [3]
1901 saw him make his maiden century, 108 against Leicestershire, and he finished the year with 945 first-class runs at 21.97, while with the ball he claimed 51 wickets at 31.37 including four occasions on which he took five or more wickets in an innings. Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. Several lean years followed (indeed, in 1903 he bowled only 24 balls in total) but from 1904 until first-class cricket was interrupted by the First World War Pearson was consistent with the bat, his season's aggregates being within 200 runs either side of a thousand in each English season. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All His bowling was at first less productive, though he did take 8-42 against Surrey in 1907. Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of
In 1910-11, Pearson played three games in New Zealand for Auckland, twice taking six wickets in an innings: this included a haul of 6-10 against a Hawke's Bay side whose total of 28 included no score higher than 4 except for Extras (13). New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island A Hawke's Bay cricket team, representing that region of New Zealand, played First-class cricket between 1883-84 and 1920-21 competing in the Plunket [4] After his return to England, his domestic bowling improved: from 1911 to 1914 he took over 40 wickets each season, his tally of 51 in 1913 including a career-best 9-41, although this was in a 12-a-side match (nevertheless considered first class) for HK Foster's XI against Cambridge University rather than being for his county. Henry Knollys "Harry" Foster, born at Malvern Worcestershire, on October 30, 1873 and died at Kingsthorne, Herefordshire Cambridge University Cricket Club is a First-class cricket team [5]
After the war, Pearson appeared only once in 1919, but played in 14 of Worcestershire's 18 County Championship matches the following summer and remained a regular part of the side from then until the end of his first-class career. The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. In 1921 he enjoyed an excellent season with the bat, his 1,498 runs at 36. 53 being much his highest aggregate and topping his county's averages. [3] His bowling, however, was perhaps the more important factor to Worcestershire, as a weak side depended heavily on him to supplement Fred Root in the attack. Fred Root ( Charles Frederick Root; 16 April 1890 in Somercotes, Derbyshire – 20 January 1954 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire From 1921 to 1925 Pearson always passed 50 wickets, and in 1923 he did the "double" by scoring 1,051 runs and taking a career-best 111 wickets, this latter achievement including ten five-wicket hauls.
His final first-class match was for Worcestershire against Middlesex at Lord's in early September 1926. Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county Lord's Cricket Ground (generally known as Lord's) is a cricket Only 109 overs were possible, and Worcestershire did not get to bat. However, Pearson did take 3-56. He died at the age of 83 in Droitwich, Worcestershire. Droitwich Spa is a Town in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe and has a population of 22585 (2001 Worcestershire (ˈwʊstəʃə abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England.
References
- ^ Most Runs for Worcestershire. CricketArchive. CricketArchive is a Website that aims to provide a comprehensive Archive of records relating to the Sport of Cricket. Retrieved on 2007-04-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
- ^ Most Wickets for Worcestershire. CricketArchive. CricketArchive is a Website that aims to provide a comprehensive Archive of records relating to the Sport of Cricket. Retrieved on 2007-04-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
- ^ a b Obituary, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1964. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as "the Bible of Cricket" is by far the best
- ^ Auckland v Hawke's Bay in 1910/11. CricketArchive. CricketArchive is a Website that aims to provide a comprehensive Archive of records relating to the Sport of Cricket. Retrieved on 2007-04-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
- ^ Oxford University v HK Foster's XI in 1913. CricketArchive. CricketArchive is a Website that aims to provide a comprehensive Archive of records relating to the Sport of Cricket. Retrieved on 2007-04-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
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