#north v south

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John 'Foghorn' Jackson — 8 for 20 for North v South, 1857

North vs South

1857-07-13

The Nottinghamshire fast bowler John Jackson, nicknamed 'Foghorn' for the loud nose-blow with which he marked every wicket, took eight for 20 for the North against the South in 1857 and confirmed his reputation as the most prominent fast bowler in England. Jackson would become the dominant pace bowler of the late 1850s and early 1860s and the foremost roundarm 'demon' before overarm was legalised.

#john-jackson#foghorn#north-v-south

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The North v South Annual Fixture — The Most Competitive Cricket of the 1850s

North of England vs South of England

1853-07-01

Through the 1850s the annual North v South match, played at Lord's and occasionally at other grounds, was the most competitive professional fixture in England — stronger in terms of the players selected than even the Gentlemen v Players. With Parr and Daft heading the North's batting and Jackson leading the bowling, while the South fielded Caffyn, Caesar and Lockyer, the matches were closely contested and drew large crowds.

#roundarm-era#early-victorian#1850s

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John Wisden's Ten Wickets All Bowled — North v South, Lord's, 1850

North vs South

1850-07-15

Bowling for the South against the North at Lord's in July 1850, the Sussex fast-roundarm bowler John Wisden — the diminutive 'Little Wonder', barely 5'4" tall — clean-bowled all ten North batsmen in the second innings. It is the only first-class instance in cricket history of all ten wickets in an innings being taken bowled, and the bedrock of the reputation that would, fourteen years later, attach his name to cricket's most famous publication.

#john-wisden#ten-wickets#all-bowled

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North v South — The Annual Fixture That Defined English Cricket, 1840s

North of England vs South of England

1845-08-01

The annual North v South match, revived in the 1836 season, was by the 1840s the most important representative fixture in English cricket — the closest equivalent to a Test match, in which the best northern professionals (Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire) faced the best southern ones (Surrey, Sussex, Kent) before large crowds at Lord's and at northern venues. The match selected itself, determined form and was the yardstick against which professional reputations were measured.

#roundarm-era#early-victorian#1840s