Citizendia

Worcestershire County Cricket Club
One-day Name:Worcestershire Royals
Coach:Flag of England Steve Rhodes
Captain:Flag of England Vikram Solanki
Overseas Player:Flag of Australia Steve Magoffin (to July 10)
Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board Fidel Edwards (from July 10)
Founded:1865
Home Ground:New Road
First-class debut:Yorkshire
in 1899
Championship wins:5
Pro40 wins:4
FP Trophy wins:1
Twenty20 Cup wins:0
Official Website:WCCC

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire. Steven John Rhodes (born 17 June 1964 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is a former English Cricketer He was best known as a Vikram Singh Solanki (born 1 April, 1976 in India) is an English Cricketer who plays County cricket for Worcestershire Steven James Magoffin (b 17 December, 1979 in Corinda Queensland) is an Australian Cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors Fidel Henderson Edwards (born 6 February, 1982) in Gays St Peter Barbados, is a West Indian Cricketer and is the half brother of Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year New Road Worcester, England has been the home of Worcestershire County Cricket Club since 1899 Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. The NatWest Pro40 League, is the One-day cricket league for first class cricket counties in England and Wales. The Friends Provident Trophy is a one day Cricket competition in the United Kingdom. The Twenty20 Cup is a Cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs 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 The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. Worcestershire (ˈwʊstəʃə abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. Its limited overs team is called the Worcestershire Royals, although unofficially the county is known by some fans as "the Pears".

The club is based at New Road, Worcester. New Road Worcester, England has been the home of Worcestershire County Cricket Club since 1899 Worcester (ˈwʊstə is a city and County town of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands of England.

Contents

Honours

Division Two (1) - 2003

Second XI honours

History

Earliest cricket

Cricket must have reached Worcestershire by the 18th century but surprisingly the earliest reference to cricket in the county is as late as 1829.

A match on 28 August 1844 at Hartlebury Common between Worcestershire and Shropshire is the earliest known instance of a county team in Worcestershire. Hartlebury Common is an area of lowland heath in north Worcestershire, England, situated just outside the town of Stourport-on-Severn. Two years later, XXII of Worcestershire played William Clarke's All-England Eleven at Powick Hams. William Clarke (born 24 December 1798 in Nottingham; died 25 August 1856 in Wandsworth, Surrey) was a famous English Cricketer In Cricket, the term All-England Eleven has been used for various non-international England teams since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates

Origin of the club

Worcestershire CCC was formed on 4 March 1865 at the Star Hotel in Worcester. Worcester (ˈwʊstə is a city and County town of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands of England.

The club owes much to Paul Foley who was from a family of iron masters in Stourbridge. Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. He also owned an agricultural estate at Stoke Edith in Herefordshire. Stoke Edith is a village in the English county of Herefordshire, situated on a road leading from Hereford to Ledbury. Constitution Herefordshire was reconstituted both as a new Non-metropolitan district (effective 19th July 1996 and as a new County comprising the area of the He became involved with the club in the 1880s and helped to establish the Minor Counties Championship which began in 1895. The Minor Counties Cricket Championship is a season-long competition in England that is competed for by those county cricket clubs that do not have first-class status Worcestershire shared the inaugural title with Durham and Norfolk before winning outright in 1896, 1897 and 1898.

With this success behind it, the club applied for first-class status and entered the County Championship in 1899. The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. Worcestershire CCC played its initial first-class match versus Yorkshire CCC on 4, 5 & 6 May 1899. Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket

The first-class county

The inclusion of Worcestershire increased the County Championship to 15 teams. At first they performed moderately despite the superb batting of Tip Foster, who could rarely play after 1901. Reginald Erskine 'Tip' Foster (born 16 April 1878 in Malvern Worcestershire, died 13 May 1914 in London) was an English Weak bowling on perfect New Road pitches was responsible for this, but in 1907 when Tip Foster played regularly for three months their batting, considering the difficulty of the pitches, was among the finest of any county team. Their best performance that year was an innings of 567 on a somewhat difficult pitch against Fielder and Blythe of Kent CCC. Arthur Fielder should not be confused with Arthur Fiedler, a Boston conductor. Colin Blythe (born May 30, 1879 in Deptford; died in World War I on the Forest Hall to Pimmern military railway line Belgium Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing After that year, however, the batting was never strong enough to make up for woefully weak bowling.

Worcestershire were so weak the club could not compete in the Championship in 1919, and their form in 1920 - when they lost three successive games by an innings and over 200 runs - was probably the worst of any county side. Their form, with one remarkable exception, was woeful up to the early thirties. Fred Root, one of the first exponents of leg theory bowling, took over 1,500 wickets for the county and was a Test standard player in an otherwise fourth-rate team. Fred Root ( Charles Frederick Root; 16 April 1890 in Somercotes, Derbyshire – 20 January 1954 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Leg theory is a bowling tactic in the Sport of Cricket. The term leg theory is somewhat archaic and seldom used any more but the basic tactic 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 In Cyril Walters and the Nawab of Pataudi the team acquired its first class batsmen since the Fosters, but both had to give up the game after playing brilliantly in 1933 - when the bowling was briefly very weak. Cyril Frederick Walters ( 28 August 1905 Bedlinog, Glamorgan, Wales – 23 December 1992 Neath, Wales Iftikhar Ali Khan (6 March 1910 – 5 January 1952 was the Nawab of Pataudi and captain of the Indian cricket team.

The emergence of Dick Howorth and Reg Perks in the 1930s, however, was built up so well that by 1947 Worcestershire were sufficiently strong in bowling to be competitive at county level even if their batting was not adequate for high honours. Dick Howorth ( Richard Howorth; April 26, 1909, Bacup Lancashire – April 2, 1980, Worcester) was an Reg Perks (in full Reginald Thomas David Perks; born October 4, 1911, Hereford, died November 22, 1977, Worcester Roly Jenkins, with 183 wickets in 1949, gave them briefly the best attack in county cricket, but they soon declined again and their form in the 1950s was indifferent at best. Roly Jenkins (sometimes spelt Roley; full name Roland Oliver Jenkins; born November 24, 1918, Rainbow Hill, Worcester

Their first period of great success came in the 1960s under the Presidency of Sir George Dowty and the captaincy of Don Kenyon, when the county won two County Championships thanks to the achievements of such players as Norman Gifford, Tom Graveney, Jack Flavell, Len Coldwell and Basil D'Oliveira. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Sir George Herbert Dowty (1901-1975 was an English inventor and businessman Donald Kenyon ( May 15, 1924, Wordsley, Staffordshire – November 12, 1996, Worcester) was an English The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. Norman Gifford (born 30 March 1940 in Ulverston, Lancashire) was an English Cricketer who played primarily as a left-arm Thomas William Graveney (born June 16 1927) in Riding Mill, Northumberland, is a former English Cricketer and was the President John Alfred Flavell (born May 15, 1929, Wall Heath, Staffordshire, died February 25, 2004, Barmouth, Leonard John Coldwell (born January 10, 1933, Newton Abbot, Devon, died August 6, 1996, Teignmouth, Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE (born 4 October 1931 is a retired Cricketer Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, he was classified as 'coloured' The following decade, the New Zealander Glenn Turner was instrumental in Worcestershire's third championship. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Glenn Maitland Turner (born May 26, 1947) played Cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific Batsmen And in the 1980s, the prodigious batting feats of Graeme Hick and the arrival of Ian Botham paved the way for two more county titles. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May, 1966) is a retired English Cricketer who played 65 Tests and 120 One Day Internationals Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test Cricketer and Test team captain and current

In 2006, Worcestershire won promotion to the first division of the Championship on the last day of the season by beating Northamptonshire while their rivals for second promotion spot, Essex, lost to Leicestershire. Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic However, their 2007 season began badly, including an innings-and-260-run loss to Yorkshire, Worcestershire's worst innings defeat since 1934. The result in a game of Cricket may be a win for one of the two teams playing a draw or a tie. Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket [1] A flood-hit season inflicted serious financial damage, and on-field results in the Championship gave little cheer as Worcestershire were relegated. The 2007 United Kingdom floods were a series of destructive floods that occurred in various areas across the country during the summer of 2007 However, in the Pro40 First Division things were very different, and victory over Gloucestershire in mid-September brought the title to New Road, the county's first trophy since 1994. Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic [2]

2008 squad

Captain

Batsmen

All-rounders

 

Wicket-keeper

Bowlers

Club captains

(not including those who
merely deputised briefly)
1899-1900: Harry Foster
1901: Tip Foster
1902-10: Harry Foster
1911-12: George Simpson-Hayward
1913: Harry Foster
1914-19: William Taylor
1920-21: Maurice Jewell
1922: William Taylor
1923-25: Maurice Foster
1926: Maurice Jewell
1927: Cecil Ponsonby
1928-29: Maurice Jewell
1929-30: John Coventry
1931-35: Cyril Walters
1936-39: Charles Lyttelton
 
1946: Sandy Singleton
1947-49: Allan White
1949-51: Bob Wyatt
1952-54: Ronald Bird
1955: Reg Perks
1956-58: Peter Richardson
1959-67: Don Kenyon
1968-70: Tom Graveney
1971-80: Norman Gifford
1981: Glenn Turner
1982-91: Phil Neale
1992-95: Tim Curtis
1995-99: Tom Moody
2000-02: Graeme Hick
2003-04: Ben Smith
2004: Steve Rhodes
2005-: Vikram Solanki

Notable past players

Batsmen

All-rounders

 

Wicket-keepers

Bowlers

County caps awarded

Note: Worcestershire no longer award traditional caps, instead awarding "colours" on a player's Championship debut. Vikram Singh Solanki (born 1 April, 1976 in India) is an English Cricketer who plays County cricket for Worcestershire William McLean Gifford (born 10 October 1985 in Sutton Coldfield) is an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman with Worcestershire Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May, 1966) is a retired English Cricketer who played 65 Tests and 120 One Day Internationals Daryl Keith Henry Mitchell (born in Badsey, Worcestershire on 25 November 1983) is an English Cricketer, a lower middle-order Stephen Colin Moore (born November 11, 1980 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an English Cricketer. Benjamin Francis Smith (born 3 April 1972 in Corby, Northamptonshire) is an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman and Gareth Jon Batty (born October 13, 1977 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is an English Cricketer, more specifically Moeen Munir Ali (born June 18, 1987 in Birmingham) is an English Cricketer He is a left-handed batsman and off-spin bowler who played Steven Michael Davies (born 17 June 1986 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire) is an English Cricketer, a Wicket-keeper Gareth Mark Andrew (born December 27, 1983 in Yeovil, Somerset) is an English Cricketer who plays for Worcestershire. Richard Alan Jones (born 6 November, 1986 in Stourbridge) is an English Cricketer who plays County cricket for Worcestershire Simon Philip Jones MBE (born 25 December 1978 in Swansea, Glamorgan) is a Welsh Cricketer who plays for Worcestershire County Kabir Ali (born 24 November 1980 in Moseley, Birmingham) is an English Cricketer Outside cricket he works as a model Steven James Magoffin (b 17 December, 1979 in Corinda Queensland) is an Australian Cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors Note this article is about the Mehraj Ahmed (born January 5, 1989) is an English Cricketer He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays Stuart Andrew Wedge (born 24 October 1985 in Wolverhampton) is an English Cricketer. Henry Knollys "Harry" Foster, born at Malvern Worcestershire, on October 30, 1873 and died at Kingsthorne, Herefordshire Reginald Erskine 'Tip' Foster (born 16 April 1878 in Malvern Worcestershire, died 13 May 1914 in London) was an English George Hayward Thomas Simpson-Hayward (June 7 1875 Stoneleigh, Warwickshire – October 2 1936 Icomb Place, Gloucestershire) was an William Herbert Taylor ( 23 June 1885 - 27 May 1959) was an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium Maurice Frederick Stewart Jewell CBE ( 15 September 1885 - 28 May 1978) was an English Cricketer: a right-handed Maurice Kirshaw Foster ( 1 January 1889 &ndash 3 December 1940) was an English Cricketer who played 170 first-class Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby ( 26 December 1889 - 11 May 1945) was an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman and John Bonynge Coventry ( 9 January 1903 - 4 July 1969) was an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman and slow left Cyril Frederick Walters ( 28 August 1905 Bedlinog, Glamorgan, Wales – 23 December 1992 Neath, Wales Charles John Lyttelton 10th Viscount Cobham, KG, GCMG, GCVO, TD, PC ( 8 August 1909 &ndash 20 March Alexander Parkinson Singleton, known as Sandy ( 5 August 1914 - 22 March 1999) was an English all-round Allan Frederick Tinsdale White ( 5 September 1915 - 16 March 1993) was an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman Robert "Bob" Elliott Storey Wyatt ( 2 May 1901, Milford Heath House, Surrey, England - 20 April 1995 Ronald Ernest Bird, sometimes known as Ronnie,( 4 April 1915 &ndash 20 February 1985) was an English Cricketer Reg Perks (in full Reginald Thomas David Perks; born October 4, 1911, Hereford, died November 22, 1977, Worcester Peter Edward Richardson (born July 4 1931) is a former cricketer who played for Worcestershire, Kent and England. Donald Kenyon ( May 15, 1924, Wordsley, Staffordshire – November 12, 1996, Worcester) was an English Thomas William Graveney (born June 16 1927) in Riding Mill, Northumberland, is a former English Cricketer and was the President Norman Gifford (born 30 March 1940 in Ulverston, Lancashire) was an English Cricketer who played primarily as a left-arm Glenn Maitland Turner (born May 26, 1947) played Cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific Batsmen Phillip Anthony Neale OBE, born at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, on 5 June 1954 was a Cricketer who played for Worcestershire and captained Timothy Stephen Curtis (born Chislehurst, Kent on 15 January 1960) was an England Cricketer He moved to Worcestershire Thomas Masson Moody (born 2 October 1965 Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian Cricketer and coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May, 1966) is a retired English Cricketer who played 65 Tests and 120 One Day Internationals Benjamin Francis Smith (born 3 April 1972 in Corby, Northamptonshire) is an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman and Steven John Rhodes (born 17 June 1964 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is a former English Cricketer He was best known as a Vikram Singh Solanki (born 1 April, 1976 in India) is an English Cricketer who plays County cricket for Worcestershire Reginald Erskine 'Tip' Foster (born 16 April 1878 in Malvern Worcestershire, died 13 May 1914 in London) was an English Frederick Lloyd Bowley ( 9 November 1873 - 31 May 1943) was an English Cricketer who played County cricket Harold Gibbons may refer to Harold Gibbons (cricketer, English cricketer Harold J Iftikhar Ali Khan (6 March 1910 – 5 January 1952 was the Nawab of Pataudi and captain of the Indian cricket team. George Dews ( 5 June 1921 - 29 January 2003) was an English Cricketer and footballer. Donald Kenyon ( May 15, 1924, Wordsley, Staffordshire – November 12, 1996, Worcester) was an English For the Welsh boxer see Dick Richardson (boxer Derek Walter "Dick" Richardson (born November 3, 1934, Hereford) is Ronald George Alphonso Headley (born June 29, 1939, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former West Indian Cricketer who played Thomas William Graveney (born June 16 1927) in Riding Mill, Northumberland, is a former English Cricketer and was the President Joseph Alan Ormrod (born December 22, 1942 in Ramsbottom) is a former English first class cricketer who played with Worcestershire. Glenn Maitland Turner (born May 26, 1947) played Cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific Batsmen John Morton Parker (born 21 February 1951, Dannevirke) was a New Zealand Cricketer. Mohammad Younis Ahmed (born October 20, 1947, Jalandhar, British India) is a former Pakistani Cricketer who played in Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May, 1966) is a retired English Cricketer who played 65 Tests and 120 One Day Internationals Thomas Masson Moody (born 2 October 1965 Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian Cricketer and coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team Roly Jenkins (sometimes spelt Roley; full name Roland Oliver Jenkins; born November 24, 1918, Rainbow Hill, Worcester Robert "Bob" Elliott Storey Wyatt ( 2 May 1901, Milford Heath House, Surrey, England - 20 April 1995 Martin John Horton (born April 21, 1934, Worcester) is a former English Cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1959 Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE (born 4 October 1931 is a retired Cricketer Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, he was classified as 'coloured' Imran Khan Niazi ( عمران خان نیازی) (born November 25 1952) is a Pakistani Cricketer and politician Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj ( कपिल देव) ( (born 6 January 1959 Chandigarh) better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test Cricketer and Test team captain and current Andrew James Hall (born July 31, 1975, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa) is a South African Cricketer and a former Christopher "Chris" Henry Gayle (born 21 September, 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a West Indian Cricketer David Antony Leatherdale (born 26 November 1967 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is a former English Cricketer He played County Roy Booth, born at Marsden West Yorkshire on October 1, 1926, was a first class cricketer who played for both Yorkshire and Worcestershire Steven John Rhodes (born 17 June 1964 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is a former English Cricketer He was best known as a George Alfred Wilson ( 5 April 1877 – 3 March 1962) was an English cricketer a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman who Fred Root ( Charles Frederick Root; 16 April 1890 in Somercotes, Derbyshire – 20 January 1954 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Reg Perks (in full Reginald Thomas David Perks; born October 4, 1911, Hereford, died November 22, 1977, Worcester John Alfred Flavell (born May 15, 1929, Wall Heath, Staffordshire, died February 25, 2004, Barmouth, Leonard John Coldwell (born January 10, 1933, Newton Abbot, Devon, died August 6, 1996, Teignmouth, Norman Gifford (born 30 March 1940 in Ulverston, Lancashire) was an English Cricketer who played primarily as a left-arm Graham Roy Dilley (born 18 May 1959 in Dartford, Kent) is a former English Cricketer whose main role was as a Glenn Donald McGrath AM (pronounced) (born 9 February 1970 in Dubbo New South Wales) nicknamed "Pigeon" is a former Australian cricket player Andrew John Bichel (born 27 August 1970 in Laidley Queensland) is an Australian Cricket player Shoaib Akhtar ( Urdu:) (born 13 August 1975 in Rawalpindi, Punjab) is a Pakistani Cricketer and is the fastest Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas, (born 27 January 1974 in Mattumagala) usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan Zaheer Khan (born 7 October 1978 Srirampur town in Ahmednagar district Maharashtra) is an Indian Cricketer who has been a member of the Indian A cap is an appearance for a select team such as a school county or international team in sports The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales.
1928: Harold Gibbons
1931: Peter Jackson
1931: Reg Perks
1934: Dick Howorth
1937: Edwin Cooper
1938: Phil King
1939: Roly Jenkins
1939: Charles Palmer
1946: Ronald Bird
1946: Allan White
1946: Bob Wyatt
1947: Don Kenyon
1947: Hugo Yarnold
1948: Laddy Outschoorn
1949: Michael Ainsworth
1950: George Chesterton
1950: George Dews
1951: Bob Broadbent
1952: Peter Richardson
1955: Jack Flavell
1955: Martin Horton
1956: Roy Booth
1956: Dick Richardson
1957: Bob Berry
1959: John Aldridge
1959: Len Coldwell
1959: Derek Pearson
1960: Doug Slade
1961: Norman Gifford
1961: Ron Headley
1962: Tom Graveney
1962: James Standen
1965: Robert Carter
1965: Basil D'Oliveira
1966: Brian Brain
1966: Alan Ormrod
1968: Glenn Turner
1969: Ted Hemsley
 
1970: Rodney Cass
1970: Vanburn Holder
1972: Jim Yardley
1974: John Parker
1976: Imran Khan
1976: John Inchmore
1978: James Cumbes
1978: David Humphries
1978: Phil Neale
1979: Dipak Patel
1979: Younis Ahmed
1980: Paul Pridgeon
1981: Hartley Alleyne
1984: Tim Curtis
1984: David Smith
1985: Damien D'Oliveira
1985: Neal Radford
1986: Graeme Hick
1986: Richard Illingworth
1986: Phil Newport
1986: Steve Rhodes
1986: Martin Weston
1987: Ian Botham
1987: Graham Dilley
1989: Stuart Lampitt
1989: Steven McEwan
1990: Gordon Lord
1991: Tom Moody
1993: Chris Tolley
1994: Gavin Haynes
1994: David Leatherdale
1995: Phil Weston
1997: Alamgir Sheriyar
1997: Reuben Spiring
1998: Vikram Solanki
2000: Glenn McGrath
2001: Andy Bichel
2004: Nadeem Malik
2004: Ray Price

Grounds

This section gives details of every venue at which Worcestershire have hosted at least one match at first-class or List A level. Harold Harry Ian Haywood Gibbons ( 8 October 1904 - 16 February 1973) sometimes known as "Doc" Gibbons, was an English Percy Frederick Jackson ( May 11, 1911 - April 27, 1999) was a Scottish born English cricketer for Worcestershire County Cricket Club Reg Perks (in full Reginald Thomas David Perks; born October 4, 1911, Hereford, died November 22, 1977, Worcester Dick Howorth ( Richard Howorth; April 26, 1909, Bacup Lancashire – April 2, 1980, Worcester) was an Edwin Cooper ( 30 November 1915 &ndash 29 October 1968) was an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played 249 Roly Jenkins (sometimes spelt Roley; full name Roland Oliver Jenkins; born November 24, 1918, Rainbow Hill, Worcester Charles Henry Palmer ( 15 May 1919 at Old Hill Staffordshire, England – 31 March 2005 in England was a Cricketer Ronald Ernest Bird, sometimes known as Ronnie,( 4 April 1915 &ndash 20 February 1985) was an English Cricketer Allan Frederick Tinsdale White ( 5 September 1915 - 16 March 1993) was an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman Robert "Bob" Elliott Storey Wyatt ( 2 May 1901, Milford Heath House, Surrey, England - 20 April 1995 Donald Kenyon ( May 15, 1924, Wordsley, Staffordshire – November 12, 1996, Worcester) was an English Ladislaus Frederick Outschoorn ( 26 September 1918 &ndash 9 January 1994) usually known as Laddy Outschoorn, was a Cricketer Michael Lionel Yeoward Ainsworth ( 13 May 1922 - 28 August 1978) was an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman who George Dews ( 5 June 1921 - 29 January 2003) was an English Cricketer and footballer. Peter Edward Richardson (born July 4 1931) is a former cricketer who played for Worcestershire, Kent and England. John Alfred Flavell (born May 15, 1929, Wall Heath, Staffordshire, died February 25, 2004, Barmouth, Martin John Horton (born April 21, 1934, Worcester) is a former English Cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1959 Roy Booth, born at Marsden West Yorkshire on October 1, 1926, was a first class cricketer who played for both Yorkshire and Worcestershire For the Welsh boxer see Dick Richardson (boxer Derek Walter "Dick" Richardson (born November 3, 1934, Hereford) is Robert Berry ( 29 January 1926 - December 2, 2006) was an English Cricketer He played in two Tests in 1950 Keith John Aldridge (born March 13, 1935) was an English Cricketer He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler Leonard John Coldwell (born January 10, 1933, Newton Abbot, Devon, died August 6, 1996, Teignmouth, Douglas Norman Frank Slade (born August 24 1940, Feckenham) is a former English cricketer who played for Worcestershire and Shropshire Norman Gifford (born 30 March 1940 in Ulverston, Lancashire) was an English Cricketer who played primarily as a left-arm Ronald George Alphonso Headley (born June 29, 1939, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former West Indian Cricketer who played Thomas William Graveney (born June 16 1927) in Riding Mill, Northumberland, is a former English Cricketer and was the President Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE (born 4 October 1931 is a retired Cricketer Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, he was classified as 'coloured' Brian Maurice Brain (born 13 September 1940 in Worcester) is a former English Cricketer whose career with Worcestershire Joseph Alan Ormrod (born December 22, 1942 in Ramsbottom) is a former English first class cricketer who played with Worcestershire. Glenn Maitland Turner (born May 26, 1947) played Cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific Batsmen Edward John Orton Hemsley (born September 1, 1943, in Stoke-on-Trent, England) was a professional footballer, playing at Vanburn Alonzo Holder (born October 10, 1945, Deans Village, St Michael, Barbados) is a former West Indian Cricketer Thomas James Yardley (born 27 October 1946) is a former English Cricketer: a left-handed batsman occasional Wicket-keeper and even John Morton Parker (born 21 February 1951, Dannevirke) was a New Zealand Cricketer. Imran Khan Niazi ( عمران خان نیازی) (born November 25 1952) is a Pakistani Cricketer and politician James Cumbes (born 4 May 1944) sometimes known as Jim or Jimmy, is a former English sportsman Phillip Anthony Neale OBE, born at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, on 5 June 1954 was a Cricketer who played for Worcestershire and captained Dipak Narshibhai Patel (born 25 October, 1958 in Nairobi, Kenya) played 37 Tests and 75 One Day Internationals for the Mohammad Younis Ahmed (born October 20, 1947, Jalandhar, British India) is a former Pakistani Cricketer who played in Hartley Leroy Alleyne (born 28 February 1957 in Derricks, St James) is a former Barbadian Cricketer: a right-handed batsman Timothy Stephen Curtis (born Chislehurst, Kent on 15 January 1960) was an England Cricketer He moved to Worcestershire David Mark Smith (born January 9, 1956, Balham London) is a former English Cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 2 Damian Basil D'Oliveira (born 19 October 1960 in Cape Town, South Africa; also known as Dolly) is a former Cricketer who Neal Victor Radford (born 7 June 1957) is a former English Cricketer Radford was born in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May, 1966) is a retired English Cricketer who played 65 Tests and 120 One Day Internationals Richard Keith Illingworth (born 23 August 1963, Bradford, Yorkshire) was an English Cricketer He played mainly as Philip John Newport (born October 11 1962 at High Wycombe) was an English Cricketer who played primarily as a seam Steven John Rhodes (born 17 June 1964 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is a former English Cricketer He was best known as a Martin Weston born April 8 1959 in Worcester is a retired professional cricketer who played for Worcestershire from 1979 to 1995 Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test Cricketer and Test team captain and current Graham Roy Dilley (born 18 May 1959 in Dartford, Kent) is a former English Cricketer whose main role was as a Stuart Lampitt (born July 29, 1966 in Wolverhampton) was an English Cricketer He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace Steven Michael McEwan (born 5 May 1962 in Worcester) is a former English Cricketer: a right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower-order Gordon John Lord (born 25 April 1961) is a former Cricketer: a left-handed batsman who played for Warwickshire and Worcestershire, Thomas Masson Moody (born 2 October 1965 Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian Cricketer and coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team Chris Tolley born December 30 1967 in Kidderminster is a retired professional Cricketer who played for Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire Gavin Haynes born September 29 1969 in Stourbridge is a retired professional cricketer who played for Worcestershire from 1991 to 1999 David Antony Leatherdale (born 26 November 1967 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is a former English Cricketer He played County Phil Weston (born William Phillip Christopher Weston on June 16, 1973 in Durham) was an English Cricketer He was a left-handed Alamgir Sheriyar (born 15 November 1973 in Birmingham, Warwickshire) is an English Cricket player Karl Reuben Spiring (born 13 November 1974 in Southport) was an English Cricketer He was a right-handed Batsman and a right-arm Vikram Singh Solanki (born 1 April, 1976 in India) is an English Cricketer who plays County cricket for Worcestershire Glenn Donald McGrath AM (pronounced) (born 9 February 1970 in Dubbo New South Wales) nicknamed "Pigeon" is a former Australian cricket player Andrew John Bichel (born 27 August 1970 in Laidley Queensland) is an Australian Cricket player Nadeem Malik, a prominent Pakistani journalist Secondly Two Pakistani players named Nadeem Malik have also played first-class cricket Raymond William Price (born June 12, 1976 in Salisbury Rhodesia - now Harare, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Figures show the number of Worcestershire matches only played at the grounds listed, and do not include abandoned games. Note that the locations given are current; in some cases grounds now in other counties lie within the traditional boundaries of Worcestershire. The table is correct to the end of the 2007 season. The 2007 English cricket season began on Saturday 14 April 2007 with the match between MCC and the 2006 county champions Sussex at Lord's

Haden Hill Park in Old Hill, West Midlands, was due to host a Benson & Hedges Cup match in 1988. Old Hill is a locality in the Metropolitan borough of Sandwell in West Midlands, England. The West Midlands is a Metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2591300 This article is about the cricket trophy for the similar named trophy for Ice Hockey see Benson & Hedges Cup (UK Ice Hockey The Benson & Hedges Cup was a However, this was abandoned without a ball being bowled and no other major cricket has been played at the ground, so it is not included in the table.

Name of groundLocationFirst-class spanWorcs f-c matchesList A spanWorcs LA matches
Bournville Cricket GroundBournville, Birmingham1910-19112N/A0
Chain Wire Club GroundStourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire19801N/A0
Chester Road North GroundKidderminster, Worcestershire1921-2007661969-20074[3]
Evesham Cricket Club GroundEvesham, Worcestershire19511N/A0
New Road (County Ground)Worcester1899-20071,057[4]1963-2007409[5]
Racecourse GroundHereford1919-19835[6]1983-19873
Seth Somers ParkHalesowen, West Midlands1964-19692N/A0
Tipton RoadDudley, West Midlands1911-1971881969-197714
War Memorial Athletic GroundStourbridge, West Midlands1905-1981611969-19823
Worcester Royal Grammar School Ground
(Flagge Meadow)		WorcesterN/A020071

Records

First-class

Most first-class runs for Worcestershire
Qualification - 20000 runs [1]

PlayerRuns
Don Kenyon34490
Graeme Hick30244
Glenn Turner22298
Alan Ormrod21753
Harold Gibbons20918
Frederick Bowley20750
Ron Headley20712
Tim Curtis20155

Most first-class wickets for Worcestershire
Qualification - 1000 wickets [2]

PlayerWickets
Reg Perks2143
Norman Gifford1615
Jack Flavell1507
Fred Root1387
Dick Howorth1274
Roly Jenkins1148
Peter Jackson1139
Len Coldwell1029

Batting

Bowling

Highest partnership for each wicket

List A

Worcestershire Facts and Feats

See also

References

  1. ^ Largest Margin of Innings Defeat. CricketArchive. CricketArchive is a Website that aims to provide a comprehensive Archive of records relating to the Sport of Cricket. Retrieved on 2007-05-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the
  2. ^ Worcestershire clinch Pro40 title. BBC Sport (2007-09-13). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Retrieved on 2007-09-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
  3. ^ Four other List A matches, all involving Worcestershire Cricket Board, have been played at Kidderminster.
  4. ^ One other first-class match, a 1972 England v Rest of England Test trial, has been played at New Road. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. 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
  5. ^ Three One Day Internationals have also been played at New Road: West Indies v Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup, and Australia v Scotland and Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe in the 1999 World Cup. Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national Cricket team representing Zimbabwe. The 1983 Cricket World Cup (aka Prudential Cup, 1983 was the third edition of the tournament The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of Cricket. The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national Cricket team representing Sri Lanka. The 1999 Cricket World Cup was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games The 2003 C&G Trophy game between Worcestershire Cricket Board and Worcestershire is included in this figure, although it was technically a Worcs CB home fixture. The Friends Provident Trophy is a one day Cricket competition in the United Kingdom.
  6. ^ One other first-class match, between HK Foster's XI and the Australian Imperial Forces, has been played at the Racecourse Ground. Henry Knollys "Harry" Foster, born at Malvern Worcestershire, on October 30, 1873 and died at Kingsthorne, Herefordshire The Australian Imperial Forces (AIF cricket team toured England between May and September 1919 playing 28 first-class matches after the First World War.

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Further reading

Harry Surtees Altham, CBE, DSO, MC ( November 30, 1888 at Camberley, Surrey – March 11, 1965 Sir Derek Birley ( 31 May 1926 &ndash 14 May 2002) was an English educator and writer who had a strong interest in sport especially Cricket Major Rowland Francis Bowen (born 27 February 1916; died 4 September 1978 at Buckfastleigh, Devon) was a noted Cricket For the mayor of the US city of Roanoke Virginia from 1968 to 1975 see Roy L Playfair Cricket Annual is a compact Cricket annual. It is a reference book primarily covering First-class cricket in England. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as "the Bible of Cricket" is by far the best
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