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England in the difficult
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461:His Somerset team-mate
128:Slow left-arm orthodox
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484:Australia in 1928–29
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38:Personal information
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87:(1961-05-02)
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470:Test career
257:Runs scored
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231:Competition
1562:Categories
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997:A. W. Carr
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595:. Cricinfo
513:References
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59:1891-02-19
23:Jack White
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380:stumpings
292:Top score
208:1909–1937
180:Last Test
174:Australia
1474:Flintoff
1430:Atherton
1327:Fletcher
1300:Brearley
1245:Graveney
1234:; 1967:
1199:; 1960;
1181:Sheppard
1126:Cranston
1035:; 1929:
969:Tennyson
891:MacLaren
862:Stoddart
496:Adelaide
427:Somerset
403:Cricinfo
401:Source:
378:Catches/
281:100s/50s
212:Somerset
108:Nickname
97:Somerset
71:Somerset
1547:Italics
1486:Strauss
1456:Vaughan
1447:Butcher
1438:Hussain
1418:Stewart
1410:1992/93
1374:Emburey
1366:Gatting
1350:1983/84
1335:1983/84
1311:Boycott
1307:1977/78
1274:Denness
1117:Yardley
1113:1946/47
1106:Hammond
1081:Walters
1072:Jardine
1033:1928/29
1025:Stevens
1008:Chapman
953:Douglas
907:Jackson
887:1897/98
871:O'Brien
420:English
318:Wickets
246:Matches
156:England
124:Bowling
116:Batting
101:England
75:England
67:Holford
1531:2024:
1524:Stokes
1480:2006;
1445:1999:
1380:1988:
1372:1988:
1339:Willis
1319:Botham
1283:Edrich
1243:1968:
1213:Dexter
1179:1954:
1172:Hutton
1154:Howard
1098:Robins
1096:1937:
1079:1934:
991:1926;
967:1921:
959:1912:
915:Foster
913:1907:
905:1905:
899:Warner
850:Bowden
807:1886;
785:Hornby
779:1882;
765:Harris
312:129439
306:bowled
111:Farmer
1393:Gooch
1354:Gower
1292:Greig
1262:Lewis
1236:Close
1146:Brown
1090:Allen
1064:Wyatt
1037:White
933:Jones
880:Hawke
833:Grace
813:Steel
793:Bligh
665:1929
387:428/0
373:10/76
370:8/126
338:18.58
335:32.26
304:Balls
276:18.40
273:18.38
263:12202
200:Years
1533:Pope
1520:2020
1513:Root
1505:Cook
1501:2010
1482:2007
1426:2001
1402:Lamb
1389:1988
1362:1988
1346:1982
1270:1975
1232:1966
1221:1966
1004:1926
993:1929
949:1924
924:Fane
858:1893
829:1899
821:Read
809:1888
781:1884
773:Shaw
601:2009
579:2009
557:2009
535:2009
452:Bath
325:2355
309:4801
287:6/41
235:Test
203:Team
134:Role
82:Died
53:Born
1190:May
961:Fry
673:and
384:6/0
351:193
298:192
284:0/0
260:239
252:472
167:202
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295:29
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