East of England cricket team

An East of England cricket team (known simply as "East") was organised on an ad hoc basis at intervals between 1874 and 1948.[1] CricketArchive lists ten East matches in total, five of them rated first-class. Four first-class matches were against West and one, in 1927, against the touring New Zealanders.[2][3]

## Summary of first-class matches[edit]

5 September 1892 — East v West at United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth. West won by 48 runs.[4]

West 186 (John Shilton 6/63) and 163 (Hornsby 8/63) ; East 159 and 142.
Note : Sammy Woods (West) took thirteen wickets in the match with 7/56 and 6/53

3 September 1894 — East v West at United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth. Match drawn.[5]

East 305 and 129/6d ; West 272 and 71/0.

20 June 1910 — West v East at Cardiff Arms Park. West won by 4 wickets.[6]

East 295 (Freeman 94) and 112 ; West 199 and 210/6.

9 July 1927 — East v New Zealanders at Harecroft Road, Wisbech. New Zealanders won by 8 wickets.[7]

East 170 and 145 ; NZ 243 (Hazelton 5/68) and 76/2.

8 September 1948 — East v West at Leyland Motors Ground, Kingston-upon-Thames. East won by 223 runs.[8]

East 392 (Pawson 128*) and 304-8d (Todd 107) ; West 294 (Sims 3/82) and 179 (Sims 10/90).
Note : Jim Sims (East) took thirteen wickets in the match, including the rare feat of ten wickets in an innings with his 10/90 in the second innings.

## Players[edit]

The following 53 players represented East in first-class matches. Two players, John Hornsby and Charles Wright made two appearances, the rest one apiece.

* Herbert Bainbridge (1892)
* Tom Barling (1948)
* Alex Bowell (1910)
* George Brann (1892)
* Syd Brown (1948)
* Claude Buckenham (1910)
* Frederick Burton (1927)
* George Carnegie-Brown (1927)
* Richard Carter (1927)
* Reginald Covill (1927)
* Dickie Dodds (1948)
* Ray Dovey (1948)
* Francis Ford (1892)
* Ray Frearson (1927)
* John Freeman (1910)
* Laurie Gray (1948)
* Arthur Grimsdell (1927)
* Wyndham Hazelton (1927)
* Alec Hearne (1894)
* J. T. Hearne (1894)
* Norman Holloway (1927)
* John Hornsby (1892/94)
* Leonard Irvine (1927)
* Alec Kennedy (1910)
* Robert Slade Lucas (1894)
* Eustace Malden (1892)
* Frederick Martin (1894)
* Charlie McGahey (1910)
* Arthur McIntyre (1948)
* Phil Mead (1910)
* Walter Mead (1910)
* Jack Mee (1892)
* Billy Newham (1892)
* Tony Pawson (1948)
* Percy Perrin (1910)
* Walter Read (1894)
* Bill Reeves (1910)
* John Robinson (1894)
* John Searby (1927)
* John Shilton (1892)
* Jim Sims (1948)
* Ray Smith (1948)
* Peter Smith (1948)
* Andrew Stoddart (1894)
* Jimmy Stone (1910)
* Charles Titchmarsh (1927)
* Leslie Todd (1948)
* Bert Tremlin (1910)
* George Ulyett (1892)
* George Vernon (1892)
* Gerry Weigall (1894)
* Charles Wright (1892/94)
* Walter Wright (1894)

## See also[edit]

* West of England cricket team
* North v South

## References[edit]

1. ^ East of England. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
2. ^ First-class matches played by East of England. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
3. ^ Other matches played by East of England Archived 14 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
4. ^ East v West 1892. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
5. ^ East v West 1894. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
6. ^ West v East 1910. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
7. ^ East v NZ 1927. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
8. ^ East v West 1948. CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2014.