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Keen on cricket and real tennis, it's been speculated that he died from either a pulmonary embolism or a burst abscess caused by being hit with a ball [3] 20 March 1751: London: James Balchen "Killed by a cricket ball" [4] buried 14 June 1764 Godalming, Surrey: George Summers: Struck on the head by a ball [5] 29 June 1870: Nottingham: John ...
Derek Leslie Underwood MBE (8 June 1945 – 15 April 2024) was an English international cricketer. In retirement he became president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2008. Through much of his career, Underwood was regarded as one of the best bowlers in Test cricket.
Former England and Surrey batter Graham Thorpe dies aged 55, says the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who played for two seasons with New South Wales before making his Test debut in 2009 at the age of 20. He made his ...
Amanda Thorpe, wife of former England cricket star Graham Thorpe, revealed the tragic details of her late husband’s death. In an interview with the U.K.’s The Times, Amanda said her husband ...
The England Cricket Team official Facebook page posted, "we are shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Matthew Hobden. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and team-mates." Out of respect for Hobden, England players wore black armbands during the second day of the 2nd Test against South Africa on 3 January.
David James Thomas (30 June 1959 – 28 July 2012) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey. David Thomas was a left-arm medium-fast swing bowler who represented the England Young Cricketers in 1978 and was tipped as a future Test cricketer. He was also a hard-hitting tail-end batsman good enough to score two centuries in first-class cricket.
Hollioake died on 23 March 2002 in Perth, Western Australia, near his childhood school, Wesley College, when he crashed his Porsche 924 into a wall on the Mill Point Road exit of the Kwinana Freeway on his way home from a family celebration. [10] His death at the age of 24 years and 132 days was the youngest of any England Test cricketer. [12] [13]