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Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News

British Olympians & First-Class Cricket

by Sasha Manuel on July 19th, 2006

A match is first class if:

* It is of three or more days scheduled duration
* Each side playing the match has eleven players
* The match is played on natural, and not artificial, turf
* The match is played on an international standard ground
* The match conforms to the Laws of Cricket, except for only minor amendments
* The Board of cricket in the appropriate nation or the International Cricket Council recognizes the match as first-class.

[Wikipedia]

Listing some of the British Olympians who have played First Class Cricket:

  • 1900 A Bowerman - Cricket - Gold medal
  • 1900 MH Toller - Cricket - Gold medal
  • 1908 JWHT Douglas - Boxing (middleweight) Gold medal
  • 1908 R Pridmore - Hockey - Gold medal
  • 1920 CTA Wilkinson - Hockey - Gold medal
  • 1920 JCW MacBryan - Hockey - Gold medal
  • 1948 Alastair MacCorquodale - 100m (4th)
  • 1948 MM Walford - Hockey - Silver
  • 1952 JA Cockett - Hockey - Bronze
  • 1968 & 1972 David Acfield - Fencing
  • That’s what I call a multi-faceted player. ;)

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    POSTED IN: Athletics, Boxing, Cricket, Fencing, Field Hockey, Light the Torch, Olympians

    1 opinion for British Olympians & First-Class Cricket

    • Cindy Le
      Jul 23, 2008 at 12:21 am

      How much would it cost to be an international compeditor in the olympics???
      p.s this is for a project Please answer my question
      For fencing

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