Cricket Thread. Only Mad Dogs And Englishmen

[diego 1,978]

1 minute ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

He was a wicket-keeper, Diego.  No goalkeepers in cricket.  

Thank you very much , I corrected it in the post, in translation it comes out as a goalkeeper for me 

[drol 11,886]

On 03/10/2013 at 23:58, DevonDeathTrip said:

South African cricket legend Graeme Pollock has been diagnosed with colon cancer. News of his illness was brought by former South African captain Clive Rice, who recently underwent sugery to remove a tumour.

Graeme Pollock hospitalised after stroke.

 

Stable and not in danger, but he has suffered from colon cancer, Parkinson's disease and multiple strokes.

[diego 1,978]

Paliath Ravi Achan was born in Chendamangalam and died in Thrippunithura, India aged 96, was an Indian cricketer who represented Travancore-Cochin and Kerala in domestic first-class cricket,
was the oldest male member of the Paliam royal family of Cochin

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/ravi-achan-passes-away-former-kerala-cricket-team-captain-news/article68017502.ece

[diego 1,978]

Kaia Arua died aged 33 in Port Moresby,She played for the Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualifiers,In 2021, she was named in the Papua New Guinea squad for the qualification for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup in Zimbabwe. His spell of 5/7 in 4 overs against Japan is the second best bowling figure by a PNG cricketer.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/papua-new-guinea-all-rounder-kaia-arua-dies-aged-33

[gcreptile 10,963]

Former cricket captain John Moyes, dead at 77:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/24233766.sadness-professional-kendal-cricket-captain-dies-aged-77/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moyes_(cricketer)

[time 8,581]

Jack Alabaster, New Zealand leggie who played 21 tests, has died aged 93.

[YoungWillz 21,010]

16 minutes ago, time said:

Jack Alabaster, New Zealand leggie who played 21 tests, has died aged 93.

One of those DDP picks. But then if anyone knows that, it's time. 

[time 8,581]

6 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

One of those DDP picks. But then if anyone knows that, it's time. 

He might be one for the List of the Lost!

[Deathrace 1,164]

13 hours ago, time said:

Jack Alabaster, New Zealand leggie who played 21 tests, has died aged 93.

As Sting would sing - "I will turn your flesh to alabaster. Then you'll find your servant is your master." 

[YoungWillz 21,010]

Deadly Derek Underwood is reportedly...well...dead: 

 

[Death Impends 7,953]

2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Deadly Derek Underwood is reportedly...well...dead: 

 

 

Picked in the DDP for the first and only time in 2021.

[YoungWillz 21,010]

Just now, Death Impends said:

 

Picked in the DDP for the first and only time in 2021.

Was just about to post that in the DDP thread.

 

Saved me the trouble! 

[Death Impends 7,953]

Just now, YoungWillz said:

Was just about to post that in the DDP thread.

 

Saved me the trouble! 

 

Now that the weather's finally ticking up I'm feeling less lazy again

[time 8,581]

3 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Deadly Derek Underwood is reportedly...well...dead: 

 

Dreadful oversight by the five-minute bell-ends!

[YoungWillz 21,010]

On 13/01/2021 at 15:46, Cerberus said:

Think that might leave Ted Dexter, Ray Illingworth, Raman Subba Row and Roy Swetman as England's only surviving Test players from the Fifties. Illy wouldn't have been a bad shout if they'd wanted a cricketer to replace John Edrich. 

Raman Subba Row bowled for 92: https://www.kiaoval.com/raman-subba-row-obituary/

 

Edit: DDP pick. Had to look under S!

[Ulitzer95 12,563]

46 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Raman Subba Row bowled for 92: https://www.kiaoval.com/raman-subba-row-obituary/

 

Edit: DDP pick. Had to look under S!

Was the oldest living England Test cricketer.

That distinction now belongs to Micky Stewart OBE (wiki, born 1932), then M.J.K. Smith (wiki, born 1933) and Dick Richardson (wiki, born 1934).

[Ulitzer95 12,563]

Times death notice for Peter Gardiner-Hill (wiki), aged 97, first-class cricketer who played just one match (for Oxford University) in 1949(!)
 

Spoiler

GARDINER-HILL Peter Farquhar died peacefully at home, aged 97, on 26th March 2024 with his wife Sue holding his hand. Much-loved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and lifelong golfer. Family funeral. No flowers please but donations to St Michael’s Hospice, Hastings, would be appreciated. Memorial service at a later date: email Memorial@gardiner-hill.org to be sent details in due course.

Despite his obscurity, good to see a death notice turn up. I had assumed he had died off radar at some point before now.

3 other ancient English first-class cricketers I'm trying to solve:
William Faulkner (wiki, born 1923) Royal Air Force. Made a single appearance. Not in the death records. My hunch is emigrated and died abroad.
John Stenton (wiki, born 1924) Somerset. I think he's living. Will be interesting to see if a 100th birthday report crops up in October.
Kenneth Mathews (wiki, born 1926) Marylebone, Cambridge University, Sussex. Likely still alive.

[Deathrace 1,164]

On 18/04/2024 at 15:07, Ulitzer95 said:

Was the oldest living England Test cricketer.

That distinction now belongs to Micky Stewart OBE (wiki, born 1932), then M.J.K. Smith (wiki, born 1933) and Dick Richardson (wiki, born 1934).

Random fact, MJK Smith is Lord (Seb) Coe's father in law. 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,876]

Worcestershire Spin Bowler Josh Baker has Died at the age of just 20 the county have announced

[maryportfuncity 10,630]

15 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Worcestershire Spin Bowler Josh Baker has Died at the age of just 20 the county have announced

 

 

Yeah, no discussion of cause so you're suspecting suicide until told different. As I recall it, years ago we discussed the tonnage of cricket suicides and I just checked again about a book on that subject,  published in 2001. Point being I don't recall a book about suicides in any other major sport.  

 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,876]

3 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Yeah, no discussion of cause so you're suspecting suicide until told different. As I recall it, years ago we discussed the tonnage of cricket suicides and I just checked again about a book on that subject,  published in 2001. Point being I don't recall a book about suicides in any other major sport.  

 

Yep. Sounds like it. Was playing for 2nd XI this week and didn't turn up for the game yesterday morning which was then abandoned at lunchtime

[The Old Crem 3,580]

2 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Yep. Sounds like it. Was playing for 2nd XI this week and didn't turn up for the game yesterday morning which was then abandoned at lunchtime

Maybe but could have been a sudden cardiac arrest or whatever. Some of the statements do point to suicide through - which mean it will come out as all suicides have public inquests.. 

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

3 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Yeah, no discussion of cause so you're suspecting suicide until told different. As I recall it, years ago we discussed the tonnage of cricket suicides and I just checked again about a book on that subject,  published in 2001. Point being I don't recall a book about suicides in any other major sport.  

 

 

The forward was written by  Peter Roebuck, who was evidently so inspired by the book, that he subsequently leapt to his death from a hotel window several years later.   The book (I've got a copy too!) was originally titled "By Their Own Hand". 

[The Old Crem 3,580]

11 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Yep. Sounds like it. Was playing for 2nd XI this week and didn't turn up for the game yesterday morning which was then abandoned at lunchtime

Daily Mail saying his might have died because of his Diabetes. Inquest being held.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-13379375/Josh-Bakers-broken-parents-pay-tribute-cricket-star-achieved-dreams-reaching-21-sudden-death-diabetic-player-probed-coroner.html

[diego 1,978]

Sajjad Akbar, born in Lahore and died aged 63, was a Pakistani cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1990.

https://www.24newshd.tv/21-May-2024/former-pakistani-cricketer-sajjad-akbar-passes-away