Friday, September 25, 2015

Two brothers taking all 10 wickets in an innings in first-class cricket

F Pilch (3-) and W Pilch (7-)
Norfolk v Yorkshire at Norwich, 1836

C Arnold (8-) and M Arnold (2-)
Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University at Cambridge, 1852

EM Grace (6-25) and WG Grace (4-72)
Gentlemen v Players at Lord's, 1866

EM Grace (6-36) and WG Grace (4-18)
Gloucestershire v Surrey at The Oval, 1871

GF Grace (4-38) and WG Grace (6-67)
WG Grace's XI v Kent at Maidstone, 1871

EM Grace (2-26) and WG Grace (8-33)
Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1872

GF Grace (3-23) and WG Grace (7-58)
Gentlemen v Players at Chelsea, 1874

GF Grace (3-8) and WG Grace (7-18)
Gloucestershire v Surrey at Cheltenham, 1874

GF Grace (8-43) and WG Grace (2-37)
Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1876

CE Goodman (7-25) and PA Goodman (3-18)
Barbados v Demerara at Bay Pasture, 1891

CE Goodman (3-19) and PA Goodman (7-18)
Barbados v Trinidad at Port-of-Spain, 1893

F Davidson (6-36) and GA Davidson (4-18)
Derbyshire v Leicestershire at Derby, 1898

AE Relf (2-73) and RR Relf (8-79)
Sussex v Essex at Hove, 1910

AE Relf (6-38) and RR Relf (4-46)
Sussex v Essex at Leyton, 1911

AE Relf (4-75) and RR Relf (6-86)
Sussex v Essex at Hove, 1913

A Staples (5-95) and SJ Staples (5-68)
Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 1932

CE Ayling (5-48) and END Ayling (5-40)
South America v Sir J Cahn's XI at West Bridgford, 1932

CK Nayudu (3-87) and CS Nayudu (7-109)
Hindus v Muslims at Bombay, 1938

AV Pope (4-37) and GH Pope (6-44)
Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Sheffield, 1939

A Waddington (2-90) and JE Waddington (8-50)
Griqualand West v Western Province at Cape Town, 1939

C Oakes (5-35) and JY Oakes (5-68)
Sussex v Somerset at Taunton, 1950

GD Alabaster (5-52) and JC Alabaster (5-79)
Otago v Northern Districts at Dunedin, 1968

GP Howarth (3-16) and HJ Howarth (7-52)
Auckland v Otago at Dunedin, 1973

BC Strang (5-50) and PA Strang (5-45)
Mashonaland v Matabeleland at Bulawayo, 1996

BM Scholtz (5-112) and NRP Scholtz (5-103)
Namibia v KwaZulu-Natal Inland at Pietermaritzburg, 2011

TK Curran (7-35) and SM Curran (3-46)
Surrey v Northamptonshire at The Oval, 2015

Monday, September 21, 2015

Most consecutive County Championship appearances for a team

423 KG Suttle for Sussex, 1954-1969
412 JG Binks for Yorkshire, 1955-1969
399 J Vine for Sussex, 1899-1914
344 EH Killick for Sussex, 1898-1912
326 CN Woolley for Northamptonshire, 1913-1931
304 AH Dyson for Glamorgan, 1930-1947
301 B Taylor for Essex, 1961-1972
287 HHIH Gibbons for Worcestershire, 1927-1937
287 GO Dawkes for Derbyshire, 1950-1961
282 HG Davies for Glamorgan, 1947-1957
276 RB Nicholls for Gloucestershire, 1962-1972
272 JT Hearne for Middlesex, 1890-1906
266 LTA Bates for Warwickshire, 1924-1934
262 AE Dipper for Gloucestershire, 1921-1930
259 BJ Meyer for Gloucestershire, 1958-1967
231 WG Quaife for Warwickshire, 1895-1907
230 MA Wallace for Glamorgan, 2001-2015
227 GL Berry for Leicestershire, 1933-1948
222 H Elliott for Derbyshire, 1929-1937
219 BA Langford for Somerset, 1957-1964
216 CT Radley for Middlesex, 1967-1976
215 JA Newman for Hampshire, 1921-1928
215 JE Timms for Northamptonshire, 1927-1935
215 DE Davies for Glamorgan, 1931-1939
215 H Horton for Hampshire, 1955-1962
214 A Wood for Yorkshire, 1928-1935
210 NF Armstrong for Leicestershire, 1931-1939
209 C Charlesworth for Warwickshire, 1905-1919
206 R Smith for Essex, 1938-1952
202 HR Murrell for Middlesex, 1908-1922
Most for other counties:
195 J Seymour for Kent, 1902-1911
184 JR Gunn for Nottinghamshire, 1898-1908
180 A Ward for Lancashire, 1890-1899
170 A Long for Surrey, 1967-1975
99 P Mustard for Durham, 2004-2011