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John Lindsay Guise: The man who opened batting at Eden Gardens against MCC in 1926-27

Lindsay played for Oxford and Middlesex before coming to India, where he also played in the Pentangular.

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Rev. AP Wickham: The man who kept wickets for both sides in a First-Class match

Rev. AP Wickham also held the County Championship record for the biggest innings to have kept wickets too without conceding a bye.

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‘Tuppy’ Owen-Smith: Cricket for South Africa, rugby for England

Tuppy Owen-Smith played 5 Tests for South Africa, led England at rugby, and was a practising doctor.

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Dan Pascoe: Oxford graduate, Australian law professor, Gangsta Rap lover, and Hong Kong spin bowler

Pascoe has played First-Class cricket, as a left-arm spinner and a handy lower-order batsman. Having graduated through various age groups in Australia, for ACT, he got to play First-Class cricket during his post-graduation days at Oxford, between 2009 and 2012.

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When a batsman ran towards the slip cordon

Making your Varsity debut against CT Studd, that too when your side was under pressure, was not the most nerve-soothing of scenarios. William Hamilton was nervous, perhaps visibly so.

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Reg Bettington: A remarkable life

Reg Bettington was a versatile sportsman and a qualified doctor — and much, much more.

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Bob Hawke mixes cricket and Kummel

Bob Hawke was a decent wicketkeeper-batsman of his own accord. However, in this article Arunabha Sengupta relates a rather inglorious manner in which he once lost his wicket.

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Reginald Moss: The man with a 32-year gap in First-Class career

Reginald Moss played 16 First-Class matches from 1887 to 1925, scoring 123 runs with a highest of 18 not out and an average of 6.83.

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A too good day for a cricketer named Toogood!

This is the tale of the greater of the Toogoods, probably the greatest of them all; we can even go ahead and call him Toobest.

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Oxford vs Cambridge, 1870: Frank Cobden’s match

Oxford were cruising along at 72 for 1, and later, at 153 for 3. Then, at one stage they needed 4 runs with 4 wickets in hand. Then Frank Cobden bowled an over impactful enough to lend his name to the match.

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