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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm slow (underarm) fast (round arm) | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 18 | 467 |
| Runs scored | 720 | 22349 |
| Batting average | 27. 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 69 | 32. 06 |
| 100s/50s | 1/5 | 38/112 |
| Top score | 117 | 338 |
| Balls bowled | 60 | 5549 |
| Wickets | 0 | 108 |
| Bowling average | n/a | 32. 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. 25 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | n/a | 6/24 |
| Catches/stumpings | 16/0 | 381/20 |
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Test debut: 30 December 1882 |
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Walter William Read (born 23 November 1855 in Reigate, Surrey, died 6 January 1907 in Addiscombe Park, Surrey) was an English cricketer, who was a fluent right hand bat. 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 For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Reigate is a historic market town in Surrey, England at the foot of the North Downs, and in the London commuter belt. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Addiscombe Railway Park (formerly Addiscombe Linear Park) is a park in Addiscombe, London managed by the London Borough of Croydon. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries An occasional bowler of lobs, he sometimes switched to quick overarm deliveries. He captained England in two Test matches, winning them both. 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 Read was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1893. The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are Cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Read took part in the original Ashes match and is commemorated by the poem inscribed on the side of the urn:
- When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn;
- Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
- The welkin will ring loud,
- The great crowd will feel proud,
- Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
- And the rest coming home with the urn. Ivo Francis Walter Bligh 8th Earl of Darnley, DL (born 13 March 1859 in London, died 10 April 1927 in Shorne The three famous Studd brothers Charles, Kynaston & George, were Victorian gentleman cricketers they were educated at Eton and Cambridge. Allan Gibson "AG" Steel (registered at birth as Alan Gibson Steel ( 24 September 1858 in Liverpool – 15 June 1914 in Edward Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote ( 23 June 1849 in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, England – 15 March 1938 Richard ("Dick" Gorton Barlow ( 28 May 1851 in Barrow Bridge Bolton, Lancashire, England – 31 July 1919 Willie Bates, known as Billy ( 19 November 1855 - 8 January 1900) was an English all-round
He played for Surrey from 1873 to 1897, scoring 338 for them against Oxford University in 1888. 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 Oxford University Cricket Club (now subsumed into the Oxford Universities Centre of Cricketing Excellence but retaining its independence is a First-class cricket team representing At the time, it was the second highest first-class score ever made. 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 He was a member of the side that won the County Championship in 1890-2, 1894 and 1895. The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. After WG Grace he was the most prolific amateur of his day. William Gilbert Grace ( 18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English Cricketer who by his extraordinary skills made
He became the first number 10 to score a hundred in test cricket when he made 117 against Australia at The Oval in 1884. His match-saving innings remains the highest score by a No. 10 in Tests. He reached his century in 113 minutes with 36 scoring strokes. His partnership of 151 with William Scotton remains England's highest for the ninth wicket against Australia. William Henry Scotton (born 15 January 1856 in Nottingham, England; died 9 July 1893 in St John's Wood, According to Sir Home Gordon, read was furious at being held down so low in the order.
See also
- History of Test cricket (to 1883)
- History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889)
- History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)
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| Preceded by Arthur Shrewsbury |
English national cricket captain 1887/8 1891/2 |
Succeeded by W. G. Grace |
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