John George Langridge (10 February 1910 – 27 June 1999) was a cricketer who played for Sussex. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of His obituary in Wisden called him "one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century never to play a Test match". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as "the Bible of Cricket" is by far the best [1]
Born into a cricketing family at Newick, north of Lewes, John Langridge followed his elder brother James into the Sussex side in 1928 and stayed there until he retired in 1955. Newick is a village and Civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. Lewes (ˈluːɨs Lewis) is the County town of East Sussex, England and gives its name to the Local government district in which it James Langridge, born at Newick, Sussex, on July 10, 1906 and died at Brighton on September 10, 1966, was a In between, he scored more than 34,000 runs as an opening batsman and made 76 centuries. Only Alan Jones of Glamorgan of non-Test players has scored more runs, and no one who scored this many centuries failed to win international recognition. Alan Jones, born at Velindre, Glamorgan on 4 November 1938 was a Cricketer who played for Glamorgan for almost a quarter of a century Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Criced Morgannwg is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national Cricket structure In addition, Langridge took 784 catches, mostly at slip, including 69 in his last season at the age of 45; only five players have taken more catches in a career or in a season[1].
Langridge became a first-class umpire on retirement and stood in seven Test matches. An umpire in Cricket (from the Old French Nompere meaning not equal i He was awarded the MBE for services to cricket[2]. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V.
He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1950[3]. The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are Cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their
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