What is the England v Australia Ashes Origin Story? As we all know, the England v Australia rivalry in cricket goes back a long way but do you know the details of the Ashes Origin Story? The first test match between the two countries was in 1877 when James Lillywhite led an England team on […]
We’re eagerly awaiting the start of this year’s Ryder Cup. We’ve been testing ourselves – and failing – on what we know about its history. So we did a bit of digging and here’s what we found: Samuel Ryder originally sponsored the Ryder Cup after watching a friendly transatlantic match at Wentworth in 1926. Ryder […]
The Surrey County Cricket Club handbook was first published in 1884, then annually to 1953, then again from 1955 to date. The 1915-20 and 1940-45 editions issued as one volume. Until 1953 the handbook carried the scores of the current season; the 1955 edition contained the results of the 1954 season, and this practice has continued.