#james dean

3 incidents tagged

William Clarke's Iron Grip on the AEE — Player Grievances and the Coming Rebellion, 1848

All-England Eleven — players vs Clarke management

1848-07-01

By the late 1840s, William Clarke's management of the All-England Eleven had generated serious discontent among the players he recruited. Clarke kept the lion's share of gate money for himself, paid players a fixed day rate regardless of receipts, and selected and dropped players according to personal favour rather than merit. By 1848–49 a core of leading professionals — including John Wisden and James Dean — had concluded that Clarke's terms were exploitative and were planning the breakaway that would become the United All-England Eleven in 1852.

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⭐Mild

Sussex County Cricket — The Brightonians and James Dean's County, 1840s

Sussex and various opponents

1844-07-01

Sussex in the 1840s was one of England's most competitive counties, its strength built around James Dean's medium-fast bowling, a deep professional staff drawn from the Brighton area, and a ground infrastructure centred on the Hove cricket ground and the old Brighton Steine. The county's fixtures against Kent, England elevens and the All-England Eleven gave their professionals regular first-class exposure and their substantial Brighton crowd a reliable summer entertainment.

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⭐Mild

James Dean Senior — Sussex All-rounder Emerges, 1830s

Sussex; Players

1834-07-12

James Dean (later distinguished as 'Senior' after his son entered the game) emerged in the mid-1830s as one of Sussex's most reliable all-rounders — a slow roundarm bowler and steady lower-middle-order batter. Born at Duncton in 1816, Dean would go on to become a founder of the All-England Eleven in 1846, but his career began in the 1830s as a teenaged Sussex professional.

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