English Counties
Brian Lawrence
the late Bill Frindall. I think it was the Kaye Book of Cricket Records,
and it had an interesting list of number of England caps (and number of
Tests captained) by players from each f/c county.
With the help of CricInfo and other websites and books, I've collated
some facts & figures. No guarantee that they are completely accurate :-)
Play. Caps Capn Tst
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Yorkshire 76 1205 8 112
Lancashire 65 903 7 98
Surrey 64 1199 8 79
Middlesex 62 1070 12 110
Kent 55 904 6 72
Nottinghamshire 41 510 4 19
Sussex 40 445 7 62
Warwickshire 30 562 4 63
Worcestershire 30 327 3 5
Essex 29 595 5 109
Gloucestershire 29 370 2 33
Leicestershire 26 285 2 63
Somerset 25 313 3 18
Derbyshire 23 244 1 1
Northamptonshire 22 290 2 18
Hampshire 20 210 3 12
Glamorgan 16 118 1 8
Durham 5 117 - -
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None 9 35 - -
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667 9702 78 882
641 individuals have played for England (20 have represented two counties
and three (Botham, DeFreitas & Chris Lewis) represented three.
The nine who were capped without being a regular f/c county player were:
Leland Hone - Played in one Test on Lord Harris' Australian tour in
1878/79. Had two previous f/c appearances for MCC vs. Oxford U. &
Cambridge U. in 1878.
Charles Coventry - had no previous f/c experience before touring
South Africa with Major Warton's 1888/89 team. He had represented
Worcestershire, but they were then a minor county.
Basil Grieve - also on Warton's 1888/89 tour. He had no previous (or later)
f/c experience.
Joseph McMaster - a third member of Warton's 1888/89 touring team with
no former or later f/c experience. Like Hone he was an Irishman.
Victor Barton - toured South Africa with Walter Read's 1891/92 side. He
had played for Kent 1889-90 and later played for Hampshire 1895-1902,
but made his sole Test appearance during his five-year break from the
county scene.
Audley Miller - played one Test on Lord Hawke's 1895-96 South African
tour. Represented minor county Wiltshire for 25 years and made some
appearances for the MCC.
Alfred Archer - his only Test on Lord Hawke's 1898-99 tour of South
Africa was his f/c debut. He later made occasional f/c appearances for
Worcestershire.
Sydney Barnes - played in four Tests while with Lancashire, but his 23
other caps came while he was playing in the Staffordshire leagues.
David Townsend - success in the Oxford U. XI led to three caps on the
1934/35 West Indies tour, but he never 'progressed' to county cricket.
The last England player who never played for a f/c county.
There is a case for adding Tony Lock to the above list. He made 47
appearances for England while at Surrey before transferring to
Leicestershire. He played for Leics from 1965 to 1967, returning to
play for Western Australia each winter. He was called to join the
England team as replacement for Fred Titmus early in 1968 after his
last appearance for Leicester. Was he still a Leicestershire player
when he made his final two appearances for England?
The same scenario has also developed with some other players who
moved to new counties after the end of a season and played winter
Tests before their first appearance for their new team. I've tried
to assign them to their new team in such circumstances.
First players to represent England
Numbers in brackets are player numbers, assigned alphabetically for
debuts in the same match.
vs. Aus Melbourne 1876-77
Yorkshire T Armitage (1), T Emmett (3), A Greenwood (4), A Hill (5),
G Ulyett (11)
Sussex HRJ Charlwood (2), James Lillywhite jnr (7)
Surrey H Jupp (6), J Southerton (10)
Notts J Selby (8), A Shaw (9)
vs. Aus Melbourne 1878-79
Kent CA Absolom (12), Lord Harris (13), FA MacKinnon (17)
None L Hone (14)
Lancashire AN Hornby (15), VPFA Royle (18), SS Schultz (19)
Middlesex AJ Webbe (20)
vs. Aus The Oval 1880
Gloucester EM Grace (22), GF Grace (23), WG Grace (24)
vs. SA P.Elizabeth 1888-89
Somerset AJ Fothergill (63)
vs. SA Cape Town 1891-92
Derbyshire W Chatterton (74)
Leicester AD Pougher (80)
vs. SA P.Elizabeth 1895-96
Hampshire AJL Hill (98)
vs. Aus Lord's 1896
Warwicks AFA Lilley (104)
vs. Aus Lord's 1899
Essex W Mead (123)
vs. Aus Sydney 1903-04
Worcester EG Arnold (136), RE Foster (138)
vs. Aus Birmingham 1909
Northants GJ Thompson (159)
vs. NZ Christchurch 1929-30
Glamorgan MJL Turnbull (250)
vs. NZ Wellington 1991-92
Durham IT Botham (474)
Botham had represented Somerset and Worcestershire previously.
Last debuts for each county
Note: These are the last debut match, NOT the last time a player from
the county played a Test.
None 282 DCH Townsend vs. WI Port of Spain 1934/35
Derbys 572 DG Cork vs. WI Lord's 1995
Leics 607 J Ormond vs. Aus The Oval 2001
Glamorgan 610 SP Jones vs. Ind Lord's 2002
Yorks 614 A McGrath vs. Zim Lord's 2003
Worcs 619 GJ Batty vs. Ban Dhaka 2003/04
Surrey 620 R Clarke vs. Ban Dhaka 2003/04
Kent 623 GO Jones vs. WI St John's 2003/04
Durham 628 LE Plunkett vs. Pak Lahore 2005/06
Somerset 629 ID Blackwell vs. Ind Nagpur 2005/06
Nhants 631 MS Panesar vs. Ind Nagpur 2005/06
Middlesex 632 OA Shah vs. Ind Mumbai 2005/06
Lancs 633 SI Mahmood vs. SL Lord's 2006
Gloucs 634 J Lewis vs. SL Nottingham 2006
Sussex 635 MJ Prior vs. WI Lord's 2007
Hants 636 CT Tremlett vs. Ind Lord's 2007
Essex 637 RS Bopara vs. SL Kandy 2007/08
Warwicks 639 TR Ambrose vs. NZ Hamilton 2007/08
Notts 641 GP Swann vs. Ind Chennai 2008/09
Last Appearances for each country
In reverse order.
In 2009
vs. WI St John's
Lancs Flintoff (591), Anderson (613)
Durham Harmison (611), Collingwood (622)
Middlesex Strauss (624), Shah (632)
Hants Pietersen (626)
Essex Cook (630)
Sussex Prior (635)
Notts Broad (638), Swann (641)
vs. WI North Sound
Nhants Panesar (631)
vs. WI Kingston
Warwicks Bell (625)
In 2008
Yorks Vaughan (600)
In 2006
Gloucs Lewis (634)
Somerset Trescothick (603)
Kent G Jones (623)
In 2005
Glamorgan S Jones (610)
Surrey Thorpe (564)
Worcs Batty (619)
In 2002
Derbys Cork (572)
In 2001
Leics Ormond (607)
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Brian W Lawrence
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Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_...@msn.com
Richard Dixon
> Last debuts for each county
> None 282 DCH Townsend vs. WI Port of Spain 1934/35
> Derbys 572 DG Cork vs. WI Lord's 1995
> Leics 607 J Ormond vs. Aus The Oval 2001
> Glamorgan 610 SP Jones vs. Ind Lord's 2002
> Yorks 614 A McGrath vs. Zim Lord's 2003
> Worcs 619 GJ Batty vs. Ban Dhaka 2003/04
> Surrey 620 R Clarke vs. Ban Dhaka 2003/04
> Kent 623 GO Jones vs. WI St John's 2003/04
> Durham 628 LE Plunkett vs. Pak Lahore 2005/06
> Somerset 629 ID Blackwell vs. Ind Nagpur 2005/06
> Nhants 631 MS Panesar vs. Ind Nagpur 2005/06
> Middlesex 632 OA Shah vs. Ind Mumbai 2005/06
> Lancs 633 SI Mahmood vs. SL Lord's 2006
> Gloucs 634 J Lewis vs. SL Nottingham 2006
> Sussex 635 MJ Prior vs. WI Lord's 2007
> Hants 636 CT Tremlett vs. Ind Lord's 2007
> Essex 637 RS Bopara vs. SL Kandy 2007/08
> Warwicks 639 TR Ambrose vs. NZ Hamilton 2007/08
> Notts 641 GP Swann vs. Ind Chennai 2008/09
What a lot of data !
This one caught my eye though - I was surprised to see that it's 6
years since Yorkshire have had an England debutant. It made me wonder
of the 5 counties to have gone longest without contributing to the
England XI, who the most likely next-in-line might be for a call-up?
Derbys: Clare?
Glam: Harris?
Yorks: Rashid?
Worcs: Davies?
Leics: (too awash with Kolpak to find a name...)
Richard
Robert Henderson
<Brian_W_...@msn.com> writes
>David Townsend - success in the Oxford U. XI led to three caps on the
>1934/35 West Indies tour, but he never 'progressed' to county cricket.
>The last England player who never played for a f/c county.
Son of CL, grandson of Frank. RH
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