• Harry Surtees Altham CBE DSO MC (30 November 1888 – 11 March 1965) was an English cricketer who became an important figure in the game as an administrator...
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  • American jazz tenor saxophonist Harry Altham (1888–1965), English cricketer Harry Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people Harry Andersson (1913–1996), Swedish...
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  • Honours for services to young people and to Book Aid. His father was Harry Altham CBE, the cricket historian, coach and schoolmaster of Winchester College...
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    sheep were herded), that the batter must defend. The cricket historian Harry Altham identified three "groups" of "club ball" games: the "hockey group", in...
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  • Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Altham Altham, KCB, KCIE, CMG (13 April 1856 – 27 September 1943) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer...
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  • mirabilis. It was the turning point of the Seven Years' War. According to Harry Altham, 1871 was W. G. Grace's annus mirabilis. In all first-class matches in...
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  • 41.44, topping the Hampshire batting averages by July. Considered by Harry Altham, John Arlott and Desmond Eagar to have been "the country's outstanding...
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    stamps him as of a different class from the ordinary school batsman. Harry Altham, former president of Marylebone Cricket Club He returned to play for...
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    at The Oval. It was his maiden first-class century and, according to Harry Altham, he was "thenceforward the biggest name in cricket and the main spectator...
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  • genocide and war crimes prosecutor James Airy, cricketer and soldier Sir Harry Altham, cricket historian, coach and administrator Michael Des Barres, actor...
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  • Altham is a surname of English origin, based on the placename Altham, Lancashire. The surname emerged at a time when Altham was in the ancient parish...
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    bat-and-ball sport evolved from cricket. The authorities include writers Harry Altham, John Arlott, Derek Birley, Arthur Haygarth, David Underdown, Roy Webber...
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    batting, bowling and fielding. It was first published in 1952, written by Harry Altham, and went through several editions before being superseded by MCC Masterclass:...
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  • 2024. "Board of Directors". Middlesex CCC. Retrieved 21 April 2024. Harry Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962...
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    has media related to Thomas Lord. Thomas Lord at ESPNcricinfo MCC site Harry Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1926...
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  • behaviour. Brodhurst married Meg, daughter of the cricket historian Harry Altham who was also a housemaster at Winchester College. They had three children...
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  • List of University of Oxford people. James Allen (Lady Margaret Hall) Harry Altham John Bain (1854 – 1929), England footballer and 1877 FA Cup Finalist...
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    Marie Crossland (2016) Wellington's Dearest Georgy (Universe Press) p.88 Harry Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962...
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    bowlers were assisted by the unpredictability of uncovered pitches. Harry Altham wrote of Barnes's bowling: "At appreciably more than medium pace he could...
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  • - Birmingham Bears". Birmingham Bears. Retrieved 28 September 2018. Harry Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962...
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  • 1887 – Beatrice Kerr, Australian swimmer and diver (d. 1971) 1888 – Harry Altham, English cricketer and coach (d. 1965) 1889 – Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron...
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    standards throughout the country. Allen worked in collaboration with Harry Altham; Allen was responsible for the technical aspects of the publication....
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  • T. C. Allom Maurice Allom (1927–1937) : M. J. C. Allom Harry Altham (1908–1912) : H. S. Altham Rupesh Amin (1997–2002) : R. M. Amin Hashim Amla (2013–2014...
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    the first eleven for three years from 1917 and received coaching from Harry Altham, Rockley Wilson and Schofield Haigh, the latter two of whom were distinguished...
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  • origins of cricket jargon". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 17 November 2018. Harry Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1926...
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    average. His 2,570 runs was a new record for any Australian in England. Harry Altham wrote: "From start to finish of the season, on every sort of wicket,...
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  • Eighteenth Century, Sussex Record Society, 2004. West Sussex Records Office. Harry Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962...
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  • in gambling, mostly by the gentry, on cricket and other sports. In Harry Altham's view, the same period "was really the critical stage in the game's evolution"...
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    scored 2,570 runs, and without a single not out had an average of 48.49. Harry Altham wrote: "From start to finish of the season, on every sort of wicket,...
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    pavilion at Canterbury. Off the field, Blythe played the violin and Harry Altham, writing in Barclay's World of Cricket, said that his slow left-arm action...
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