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    Albert Neilson Hornby, nicknamed Monkey Hornby (10 February 1847 – 17 December 1925) was one of the best-known sportsmen in England during the nineteenth...
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  • Hornby is the name of: A. H. Hornby (1877–1952), English cricketer, son of A. N. Hornby A. N. Hornby (1847–1925), English rugby and cricket captain A...
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    in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Hornby was born to a wealthy family in England; his father, A. N. Hornby, twice captained England in Test cricket...
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    Hornby Hobbies Limited is a British-owned scale model manufacturing company which has been focused on model railways. Its roots date back to 1901 in Liverpool...
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    qualification criteria were applied at all, three players—Wilf Barber, A. N. Hornby and Bruce Murray—would tie for the best average, all having claimed just...
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  • Hornby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: A. N. Hornby (1847–1925), English rugby and cricket player A. S. Hornby (1898–1978), English...
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    Henry Hornby (29 July 1877 – 6 September 1952) was an English cricketer active from 1898 to 1914 who played for Lancashire. The son of A. N. Hornby, he...
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    one Test in their 1882 tour. As hosts, Surrey County Cricket Club asked A N Hornby to captain the side against them. It turned out to be Spofforth's match...
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  • selection of John Crossland, a bowler, who many considered a thrower. So Lancashire chose their captain and hero, A N Hornby instead. In the end, Crossland...
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  • Lumsden Hornby (25 July 1843 – 27 February 1896) was an English cricketer active from 1874 to 1877 who played for Lancashire. A brother of A. N. Hornby, he...
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    It was a low-scoring affair on a difficult wicket. Australia made a mere 63 runs in their first innings, and England, led by A. N. Hornby, took a 38-run...
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    the Fleet Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby GCB (10 February 1825 – 3 March 1895) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he saw action at the...
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    July 1919) was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. Barlow is best remembered for his batting partnership with A N Hornby, which was immortalised...
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  • to away fixtures. During the early 1870s, the team was dominated by A. N. Hornby’s batting. The team's standard of cricket improved with the arrival of...
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    English team led by Monkey Hornby lost to the Australians at The Oval in 1882, that The Sporting Times newspaper wrote a mock obituary to English cricket...
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    spectators, A N Hornby and A. P. Lucas opened the England innings. They put on 125 for the first wicket before Spofforth bowled Lucas for 51 and Hornby soon...
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    Nantwich and Crewe. William Downes (1843 in Nantwich – 1896), a New Zealand cricketer A. N. Hornby (1847–1925), the first to captain England in both cricket...
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    W. G. Grace (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    and E. M. had all played in a Test for England against Australia. In July 1884, Grace's rival A. N. Hornby stopped play in a Lancashire v Gloucestershire...
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  • Hoggard – Oggie Michael Holding – Whispering Death James Hopes – Catfish A. N. Hornby – Monkey, The Boss Merv Hughes – Fruitfly Nasser Hussain – Nashwan David...
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    included Lovelace Stamer, Bishop of Shrewsbury; Sir John Lubbock FRS; A N Hornby (Captain of the Lancashire Eleven); Edward Augustus Inglefield (Admiral...
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    1881–82 Test series. England Champion County – Lancashire Most runs – A. N. Hornby 1,534 @ 40.36 (HS 188) Most wickets – Ted Peate 173 @ 12.68 (BB 8–30)...
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    first innings, dismissing Isaac Walker, A. N. Hornby and Henderson. After graduating from Oxford, Solly qualified as a solicitor, practicing firstly at Congleton...
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    Arthur Mold (redirect from A.W. Mold)
    intentionally threw; A. N. Hornby consistently defended Mold, partly because, as Mold's captain during the 1890s, it would have been a slur against his sportsmanship...
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    from three days to timeless matches. The earliest match now recognised as a Test was played between England and Australia in March 1877; since then there...
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  • Hornby is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 1,682 at the 2020 census. The name is from John Hornby, a land owner of...
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  • Edward Kenworthy Hornby (16 June 1839, in Blackburn – 25 June 1887) was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1869...
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  • This is a list of England cricket captains, comprising all the men, women and youths who have captained an England cricket team at official international...
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    53°24′35.50″N 02°58′49″W / 53.4098611°N 2.98028°W / 53.4098611; -2.98028 The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings...
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    located near Vancouver Island's Comox Valley, A small community of 1,225 residents (as of the 2021 census), Hornby is home to many artists, retired professionals...
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  • scored 131 not out, adding 188 in two and a quarter hours for the seventh wicket with his captain, A. N. Hornby. When Nottinghamshire went in again, 175...
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