Colin Blythe was an English cricketer. He was born in 1879 and died in 1917. He played for Kent and England as a slow left-arm bowler, taking 2506 wickets in 16 seasons, 100 of them in test matches including 15 in the test match against South Africa at Headingley in 1907. He was killed in action during the Great War, in France in 1917. Research Colin Blythe
Sir Garfield St Auburn Sobers (popularly known as Gary Sobers) is a West Indian cricketer. He was born in 1936 at Bridgetown, Barbados. He played for Nottinghamshire - captaining them from 1968 to 1974, South Australia and the West Indies, captaining the West Indies from 1965 to 1974. He retired from cricket in 1975 and was knighted the same year. An outstanding left-handed batsman in 1958 at the Test match against Pakistan he set the world record for the highest Test innings score, scoring 365 not out, a record which stood until Brian Lara made 375 against England in 1994. He was the first player to score the maximum 36, from six sixes in one over, which he achieved in county cricket against Glamorgan at Swansea in 1968. Research Gary Sobers
Jack Hobbs (nicknamed 'the master'), properly Sir John Berry Hobbs, was an English cricketer. He was born in 1882 at Cambridge and died in 1963. He started his first-class cricket career playing for Cambridgeshire in 1904 before joining Surrey in 1905, staying with them until 1935 and scoring a record 61237 runs in first-class cricket and a record 197 centuries. He played in every Test Match for England between 1907 and 1930, establishing himself as an outstanding opening batsman with his partner Herbert Sutcliffe. In 1926 he captained England, the same year scoring a record 316 runs at Lords. He was the first cricket player to be knighted, in 1953. Research Jack Hobbs
Sir Leonard Hutton was an English cricketer. He was born in 1916 at Fulneck, Yorkshire and died in 1990. He played for Yorkshire and England, first playing for England in 1937, scoring a century in his first Test match against Australia in 1938. Also in 1938 in a Test match against Australia at the Oval he scored a then record 364 runs. He captained England in 1953, regaining the Ashes from Australia and again under his captaincy England retained the Ashes during the Australian tour of 1954-1955. He retired from cricket in 1956 and was knighted the same year. Research Len Hutton
Robert Abel ('The Guvnor') was an English cricketer. He was born in 1857 at Rotherhithe and died in 1936. He played for Surrey, first playing for Surrey in 1881, and for England as an opening batsman until failing eyesight forced him to retire in 1903 (or possibly 1908). During his career he scored 70 separate centuries, scored 132 not-out in a test match at Sydney, and his highest score of 357 not-out for Surrey against Somerset in May 1899. In August 1899 he and his partner, Hayward, scored 448 against Yorkshire at The Oval and in each of the seasons between 1895 and 1902 he compiled over 2000 runs. Research Robert Abel
Victor Thomas Trumper was an Australian cricketer. He was born in 1877 and died in 1915. A player for New South Wales and Australia, he earned a reputation as a legendary batsman able to play on even the most difficult wicket, making 135 not out in the 1899 Lord's Test match and 300 not out against Sussex. In 1903 at Sydney he made 185 not out, reaching his century in 94 minutes. Research Victor Trumper
The Frank Worrell Trophy is a cricket trophy played for between the West Indies and Australia. It was instituted in 1961 by the Australian cricket board in commemoration of the tied test match between Australia and the West Indies at Brisbane during the series of the 1960-1961 season and named after Sir Frank Worrell who led the West Indies in that match. Research Frank Worrell Trophy
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