Gentlemen v Players
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Gentlemen v Players was a long-running series of cricket matches that began in July 1806 and was abolished in January 1963. It was a match between a team consisting of amateurs and a team consisting o
The Gentlemen team at Lord's, 1899. Back row (l–r): Mordecai Sherwin (umpire), Bill Bradley, Archie MacLaren, Charlie Townsend, William West (umpire). Middle row (l–r): Gregor MacGregor, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, W. G. Grace (captain), Robert Poore. Front row (l–r): F. S. Jackson, C. B. Fry, Digby Jephson. Not in picture: Jack Mason.
W. G. Grace demonstrating forward defence
Fred Trueman
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Frederick Sewards Trueman, was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He had professional status and later became an author and broadcaster.
Gentlemen v Players
…match in English domestic cricket. Warner, who held a nostalgic view of the match, played for the Gentlemen 24 times between 1897 and 1919. However, Fred Trueman, who represented the Players eleven times between 1955 to 1962 and was their last-ever captain, took a completely different view: even though he was…
Statue of Trueman in Skipton by Graham Ibbeson
Statue in Skipton
Trueman's grave at Bolton Abbey