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Mordecai Sherwin
Sun, July 16 2017
Mordecai Sherwin: Last professional county captain for over four decades
In an era when only the amateurs were thought to be fit for the captaincy of the various counties (and indeed, for England, in the Tests), and when the professionals were considered to be lower down the social order, Mordecai Sherwin had the distinction of being the last professional cricketer to captain any county side.
Fri, February 19 2016
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A curious cricketer
July 7, marks the 82nd death anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Arunabha Sengupta sketches the many cricketing connections of the man who created Sherlock Holmes.