List of Royal Air Force first-class cricketers explained

From their first match in 1922 to their final match in 1946, 63 players represented the Royal Air Force cricket team in first-class cricket. A first-class match is a domestic cricket match between two representative teams, each having first-class status, as determined by the governing body for cricket in the country where the match is being played.[1] First-class matches consist of matches of three or more days' duration, between two teams of eleven players, played on turf pitches.[1]

The Royal Air Force was formed during World War I in 1918, with the Royal Air Force cricket team being formed in 1919 and playing its first against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in the same year.

This list includes all players who have played at least one first-class match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first cap in the same match, those players are initially listed by batting order at the time of debut.

Key

General
  • – Captain
  • – Wicket-keeper
  • First  - Year of debut for RAF
  • Last  - Year of latest match played for RAF
  • Mat  - Number of matches played for RAF
Batting Bowling
  • Balls  - Balls bowled in career
  • Wkt  - Wickets taken in career
  • BBI  - Best bowling in an innings
  • BBM  - Best bowling in a match
  • Ave  - Average runs per wicket
Fielding

List of players

No. NameNationalityFirst Last MatInnRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt
BattingBowlingFielding
01 [2] 1922 1922 1 1 27 27 27.00 0 0  -  - 1 0
02 [3] 1922 1922 1 2 107 97 107.00 0 0  -  - 0 0
03 [4] 1922 1922 1 2 14 7 7.00 0 0  -  - 1 0
04 [5] 1922 1922 1 2 16 10 8.00 150 10 5/31 6.60 1 0
05 [6] ♠1922 1922 1 2 15 13 15.00 66 1 1/19 22.00 3 0
06 [7] 1922 1922 1 1 11 11 11.00 18 0  -  - 2 0
07 [8] 1922 1922 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0  -  - 0 0
08 [9] 1922 1922 1 1 10 10 10.00 204 6 3/20 9.16 0 0
09 [10] 1922 1922 1 1 0 0 0.00 87 3 2/8 9.00 0 0
10 [11] 1922 1922 1 1 4 4 4.00 60 0  -  - 0 0
11 [12] †1922 1922 1 1 1  - 0 0  -  - 1 3
12 [13] 1927 1928 3 6 132 83 26.40 0 0  -  - 1 0
13 [14] 1927 1932 4 8 246 68 35.14 0 0  -  - 2 0
14 [15] ♠1927 1930 6 10 383 110 38.30 530 12 3/16 24.58 9 0
15 [16] †1927 1932 2 4 98 43 32.66 0 0  -  - 3 1
16 [17] 1927 1932 8 14 173 47 14.41 1,659 38 7/25 20.92 7 0
17 [18] 1927 1929 5 8 291 115 41.57 453 8 4/51 25.75 4 0
18 [19] 1927 1927 1 1 19 19 19.00 24 0  -  - 0 0
19 [20] ♠1927 1932 8 13 303 66 25.25 0 0  -  - 5 0
20 [21] 1927 1927 1 1 1  - 0 0  -  - 1 0
21 [22] 1927 1928 3 3 39 30 13.00 702 11 3/18 21.18 3 0
22 [23] 1927 1930 6 8 51 20 8.50 1,033 23 7/76 21.30 4 0
23 [24] ♠1928 1931 5 8 172 54 24.57 0 0  -  - 4 0
24 [25] †1928 1930 5 8 124 36 17.71 0 0  -  - 6 4
25 [26] 1928 1928 1 1 1  - 72 0  -  - 0 0
26 [27] 1928 1932 5 10 173 19.22 646 11 3/62 33.90 4 0
27 [28] 1929 1931 4 7 97 38 13.85 0 0  -  - 1 0
28 [29] 1929 1929 2 3 147 63 49.00 0 0  -  - 0 0
29 [30] 1929 1931 2 4 11 9 2.75 164 2 2/59 31.50 0 0
30 [31] 1929 1930 2 3 55 27.50 30 0  -  - 1 0
31 [32] 1929 1930 2 3 17 12 5.66 90 0  -  - 0 0
32 [33] ♠1930 1932 3 6 166 59 27.66 336 84  -  - 2 0
33 [34] 1930 1930 1 1 78 78.00 0 0  -  - 1 0
34 [35] 1931 1931 1 2 20 14 10.00 0 0  -  - 2 0
35 [36] 1931 1932 2 4 36 26 9.00 210 2 2/51 69.00 0 0
36 [37] 1931 1931 1 2 66 65 33.00 0 0  -  - 0 0
37 [38] 1931 1931 1 1 11  - 168 1 1/69 69.00 1 0
38 [39] 1932 1932 1 2 50 25 25.00 0 0  -  - 0 0
39 [40] 1932 1932 1 2 31 31 15.50 0 0  -  - 0 0
40 [41] 1932 1932 1 2 1 1 0.50 172 5 5/112 22.40 0 0
41 [42] 1932 1932 1 2 0  - 138 2 2/105 52.50 1 0
42 [43] 1945 1945 1 2 76 44 38.00 0 0  -  - 0 0
43 [44] 1945 1945 1 2 7 6 3.50 24 0  -  - 0 0
44 [45] 1945 1945 1 2 95 95.00 96 2 1/31 32.00 0 0
45 [46] ♠1945 1945 1 2 57 51 57.00 0 0  -  - 1 0
46 [47] 1945 1945 1 2 36 31 18.00 0 0  -  - 0 0
47 [48] 1945 1945 1 1 20 20 20.00 0 0  -  - 0 2
48 [49] 1945 1945 1 1 0 0 0.00 138 2 2/60 40.00 0 0
49 [50] †1945 1945 1 1 9  - 258 0  -  - 0 0
50 [51] 1945 1945 1 1 0  - 108 3 3/41 24.33 0 0
51 [52] 1945 1945 1 0  -  -  - 198 5 3/18 15.66 0 0
52 [53] 1945 1945 1 0  -  -  - 0 0  -  - 0 0
53 [54] 1946 1946 1 2 46 26 23.00 0 0  -  - 1 0
54 [55] 1946 1946 1 2 29 23 14.50 48 0  -  - 0 0
55 [56] 1946 1946 1 2 0 0 0.00 0 0  -  - 1 0
56 [57] 1946 1946 1 2 75 46 37.50 0 0  -  - 0 0
57 [58] †1946 1946 1 2 33 30 16.50 0 0  -  - 2 2
58 [59] 1946 1946 1 2 2 1 1.00 0 0  -  - 0 0
59 [60] ♠1946 1946 1 2 16 16 8.00 216 6 4/39 17.66 0 0
60 [61] 1946 1946 1 2 71 71.00 186 5 5/131 26.20 2 0
61 [62] 1946 1946 1 2 23 23 11.50 18 0  -  - 1 0
62 [63] 1946 1946 1 2 23 18 11.50 144 0  -  - 1 0
63 [64] 1946 1946 1 2 52 29 52.00 204 3 3/76 34.00 1 0

Notes and References

  1. ICC Classification of Official Cricket. 2. International Cricket Council (ICC). 2017-10-01. 2018-09-22.
  2. Web site: Player Profile: Jack Hobbs . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  3. Web site: Player Profile: Wally Hardinge . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  4. Web site: Player Profile: Alfred Jeacocke . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  5. Web site: Player Profile: Frank Woolley . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  6. Web site: Player Profile: Percy Fender . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  7. Web site: Player Profile: Harold Gilligan . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  8. Web site: Player Profile: Francis Musson . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  9. Web site: Player Profile: George Geary . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  10. Web site: Player Profile: Charlie Parker . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  11. Web site: Player Profile: Abe Waddington . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  12. Web site: Player Profile: Stanley Amor . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  13. Web site: Player Profile: Edward Northway . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  14. Web site: Player Profile: Morton Shapcott . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  15. Web site: Player Profile: Charles Blount . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  16. Web site: Player Profile: Gerald Livock . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  17. Web site: Player Profile: Reginald Fulljames . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  18. Web site: Player Profile: Ernest Fawcus . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  19. Web site: Player Profile: Cecil Wigglesworth . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  20. Web site: Player Profile: Brian Baker . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  21. Web site: Player Profile: Leslie Bray . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  22. Web site: Player Profile: Peter Utley . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  23. Web site: Player Profile: Cyril Cooke . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  24. Web site: Player Profile: Walter Beisiegel . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  25. Web site: Player Profile: Victor Croome . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  26. Web site: Player Profile: Leonard Slatter . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  27. Web site: Player Profile: Cyril Adams . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  28. Web site: Player Profile: Edmund Hudleston . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  29. Web site: Player Profile: Charles Steele . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  30. Web site: Player Profile: Douglas MacFadyen . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  31. Web site: Player Profile: Leonard Jennings . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  32. Web site: Player Profile: Ronald Sugden . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  33. Web site: Player Profile: Jack Holmes . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  34. Web site: Player Profile: Nigel Jerram . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  35. Web site: Player Profile: Tom Pollitt . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  36. Web site: Player Profile: Geoffrey Longfield . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  37. Web site: Player Profile: Douglas Bader . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  38. Web site: Player Profile: Francis Hodder . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  39. Web site: Player Profile: Holford White . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  40. Web site: Player Profile: Colin Boumphrey . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  41. Web site: Player Profile: Roy Scoggins . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  42. Web site: Player Profile: Geoffrey Udal . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  43. Web site: Player Profile: Cyril Washbrook . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  44. Web site: Player Profile: Stan Squires . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  45. Web site: Player Profile: Bill Edrich . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  46. Web site: Player Profile: Bob Wyatt . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  47. Web site: Player Profile: George Cox . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  48. Web site: Player Profile: Dennis Brookes . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  49. Web site: Player Profile: Albert Nutter . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  50. Web site: Player Profile: Syd Buller . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  51. Web site: Player Profile: Reg Partridge . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  52. Web site: Player Profile: Austin Matthews . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  53. Web site: Player Profile: Neville Shelmerdine . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  54. Web site: Player Profile: Hugh Sells . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  55. Web site: Player Profile: Thomas Thornton . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  56. Web site: Player Profile: Don Kenyon . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  57. Web site: Player Profile: Luke White . CricketArchive . 2012-09-22.
  58. Web site: Player Profile: Leo Harrison . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  59. Web site: Player Profile: Brian Trubshaw . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  60. Web site: Player Profile: Alan Shirreff . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  61. Web site: Player Profile: Bernard Constable . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  62. Web site: Player Profile: Myles Boddington . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  63. Web site: Player Profile: William Faulkner . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.
  64. Web site: Player Profile: Norman Gavin . CricketArchive . 2018-09-22.

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