#worcestershire

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Tom Graveney Recalled to England at 39 — 96 Against West Indies, Lord's, 1966

England vs West Indies

1966-06-16

Tom Graveney, recalled to the England side at 39 after a four-year absence — he had been dropped in 1962 for a county match in which his county had put him in without permission — scored 96 in England's only victory of the 1966 series at Lord's. His fluent strokeplay was in stark contrast to the struggle of younger colleagues, and his recall confirmed that county cricket's older generation still had things to teach the Test side.

#tom-graveney#england#west-indies

⭐Mild

The Gillette Cup — Cricket's First Limited-Overs Trophy, September 1963

Sussex vs Worcestershire

1963-09-07

On 7 September 1963 at Lord's, Sussex beat Worcestershire by 14 runs to win the inaugural Gillette Cup — the first organised one-day knockout competition between first-class counties. The 65-overs-a-side format, introduced to revive flagging county attendances, attracted a full Lord's crowd and laid the template for every limited-overs tournament that followed.

#gillette cup#limited overs#one-day

⭐Mild

Patsy Hendren's 277 — Middlesex v Worcestershire, 1925

Middlesex v Worcestershire

1925-07-21

On 21 July 1925 the 36-year-old Patsy Hendren made 277 for Middlesex against Worcestershire at New Road — at the time his career-best, in a 1925 season in which he scored 3,311 runs at 70.44 and was second in the English averages only to Jack Hobbs.

#patsy-hendren#middlesex#worcestershire

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William Burns Killed on the Somme — Worcestershire All-Rounder, July 1916

Worcestershire

1916-07-07

William 'Billy' Burns, the Worcestershire fast bowler and middle-order batsman who once took a hat-trick against Gloucestershire and bowled out the Australians at Worcester in 1909, was killed near Contalmaison during the Battle of the Somme on 7 July 1916. He was 32.

#william-burns#world-war-i#death