List of Nelson Cricket Club professionals

Learie Constantine was Nelson's professional between 1929 and 1937

Nelson Cricket Club is a semi-professional cricket club based in the town of Nelson, Lancashire, England. The club plays in the Lancashire League, and has done so since its formation in 1892. The Lancashire League requires that each club plays one professional in each match.[1] Traditionally, clubs in the league have hired a number of international and first-class players. Nelson's first professionals, for the 1892 season, were England Test player, Willis Cuttell and Derbyshire bowler, John Hulme. In 1900, the league rules were amended so that only one professional could be appointed per season. Since then, a number of famous players have represented the club, including Learie Constantine, Kapil Dev and Steve Waugh.[2] Current Australia spin-bowler Nathan Hauritz played for the side in the 2005 season.

As of 2011, former West Indies batsman Keith Arthurton has the highest batting average of all the professionals, attaining an average of 113.66 in 10 matches in the 2000 campaign. Fellow West Indian, Learie Constantine, achieved the highest individual score to date of 192 not out against East Lancashire on 2 August 1937. Australian Joe Scuderi, who played over 120 games for the side in 12 seasons, holds both the professional and amateur records for the most runs in a single season. In 1991, he broke the professional record, amassing 1,414 runs in his first year with Nelson.[2] He went on to surpass the amateur tally in 2005, scoring 1,135 runs.[2] So far, the only professional bowlers to have taken all 10 wickets in an innings were Constantine, who conceded only 10 runs in the process against Accrington on 12 May 1934,[3] and South African medium-pacer Anthonie Ferreira, who achieved the feat against the same club on 25 June 1988.[4]

Professionals

Name Nationality Years Batting Bowling/Fielding
M RS HS BatA O RC W BowlA BF Ct
Cuttell, WillisWillis Cuttell England1892–1893 11022659724.611690.4380837810.078–2954
Hulme, JohnJohn Hulme England1892
1897–1898
58110911423.59942.320402528.098–4023
Shacklock, FrankFrank Shacklock England1893–1896 7211659819.411083.427372779.888–7731
Wilkinson, ArthurArthur Wilkinson England1894 212123414.131773142910.826–2416
Muschamp, WW Muschamp England1895 238727*6.217.324124.001–198
Wood, GeorgeGeorge Wood England18961897 437277518.644.127021
Adams, RERE Adams England18981899 4561759*19.90536158712412.797–616
Riley, HarryHarry Riley England18981900 4859610017.52761.3213219410.988–456
Woodley, ArthurArthur Woodley England1901 26118248.42425.512697117.879–286
Turnbull, GeorgeGeorge Turnbull England1902–1906 12320259918.921988.345715178.849–563
Howard, FrankFrank Howard England1907 222315011.55294.3676689.947–3412
Wilson, GeorgeGeorge Wilson England1908–1909 4457173*15.43686.416352087.869–6014
Bestwick, BillyBilly Bestwick England1910 922113.66129.4293309.768–353
Hallam, AlbertAlbert Hallam England1911–1913 70237295.641191298027910.6810–3940
Preston, HenryHenry Preston England1914 227322*5.6140110328811.728–365
Shipman, BillBill Shipman England1915 2241772*19.85324.49577712.428–287
Morfee, PercyPercy Morfee England1919 274338620.61372.211071239.009–4820
Geary, GeorgeGeorge Geary England1920–1921 495564212.08752.516481679.868–2926
McDonald, TedTed McDonald Australia1922–1924 7011086916.29973.125242978.4910–1820
Blanckenberg, JimmyJimmy Blanckenberg South Africa1925–1928 932586143*32.731442347131610.989–4132
Constantine, LearieLearie Constantine West Indies1929–1937 2256550192*37.213303.579137999.9010–10133
Amarnath, LalaLala Amarnath India1938–1939 49107211529.77903.2194218710.389–2920
Nutter, AlbertAlbert Nutter England1945 132968429.60189.3397439.2310–130
Hartley, AlbertAlbert Hartley England1946–1948 71101452*28.161221.1243020411.917–2934
Pettiford, JackJack Pettiford Australia1949–1950 501726100*46.64629183312414.787–2222
Phadkar, DattuDattu Phadkar India1951
1953–1954
59144211645.06922.5199218710.658–2115
Lindwall, RayRay Lindwall Australia1952 2548078*32.00400.1804968.388–337
Noblet, GeffGeff Noblet Australia1955–1956 504554718.20865.3164315710.469–2919
Gupte, BalooBaloo Gupte India1957–1958 518207021.57542.3165712513.257–258
Wardle, JohnnyJohnny Wardle England1959–1962 105239212426.871770.5442836812.039–7053
Hoare, DesDes Hoare Australia1963–1964 564765013.22931.4215419111.279–1423
Ahmed, SaeedSaeed Ahmed Pakistan1965–1966 57132985*28.891030.419071979.689–1821
Hawke, NeilNeil Hawke Australia1967
1969–1970
851837103*34.011354.325512978.589–1850
Mohammad, SadiqSadiq Mohammad Pakistan1968 2784394*33.72147.54852123.092–1112
Abed, GoolamGoolam Abed South Africa1971 825310931.6237.2161723.004–254
Nawaz, SarfrazSarfraz Nawaz Pakistan1972–1973 1949670*38.15323.5616649.628–3010
King, CollisCollis King West Indies1974–1976[A] 2371312535.65320.37595414.057–3311
Gibson, HaroldHarold Gibson West Indies1976 2450452*22.9062.4237733.854–4714
Gomes, LarryLarry Gomes West Indies1977–1978 20836115*59.71230.56763022.536–603
Howard, StephenStephen Howard Australia1979 111636518.11117.1346938.444–604
Parker, DerekDerek Parker England1980 1079307.90143.54551825.275–623
Dev, KapilKapil Dev India1981 248939040.59391.510977315.026–478
Radford, NealNeal Radford South Africa1982 121484613.45209.35853915.008–436
Roope, GrahamGraham Roope England1983 813768*22.8390.23561327.384–678
Wood, BarryBarry Wood England1984 41115727.7578.52451024.505–481
Hunte, TerryTerry Hunte Barbados1984–1985 1389248.90162.44122814.717–395
Simons, EricEric Simons South Africa1986 186007550.002707994717.007–4510
Waugh, SteveSteve Waugh Australia1987 124039357.57198.46472624.886–553
Ferreira, AnthonieAnthonie Ferreira South Africa1988 12349108*43.62157.45202620.0010–4510
Brayshaw, JamesJames Brayshaw Australia1989 1156513556.501214131921.733–2710
Julian, BrendonBrendon Julian Australia1990 93278946.71127.24982024.905–453
Scuderi, JoeJoe Scuderi Australia1991–1996
2002–2006
2009[B]
121568815561.161082.2322321215.208–3155
Dawson, AlanAlan Dawson South Africa1997 719510032.5088.3311934.553–802
Harper, RogerRoger Harper West Indies1998–1999 177548668.54304.1569609.489–2413
Arthurton, KeithKeith Arthurton West Indies2000 1034176*113.6669.11621213.503–266
Wingfield, WadeWade Wingfield South Africa2001 71877146.75852111021.104–126
Cuffy, CameronCameron Cuffy West Indies2004 11873117.40129.34022814.355–115
Hauritz, NathanNathan Hauritz Australia2005 24846121*52.87367.411416717.036–445
Peterson, RobinRobin Peterson South Africa2006
2009
34109989*40.70383.110501129.378–7514
McMillan, CraigCraig McMillan New Zealand2007–2008 56153314946.45552.4180011915.127–8426
de Wett, BurtonBurton de Wett South Africa2010 2072185*51.50195.47294815.206–557
Woodcock, LukeLuke Woodcock New Zealand2011 103258236.11137.45153315.616–496
Hasan, ShahzaibShahzaib Hasan Pakistan2012 112885526.18164.35372819.177–681
Canning, RyanRyan Canning South Africa2013–2015 561887106*48.3859.5268929.773–4831
Maharaj, KeshavKeshav Maharaj South Africa2015 121393012.63165.35083215.876–473

Key

Batting:

  • M = Matches played
  • RS = Runs scored
  • HS = High score
  • * = Not out
  • BatA = Batting average

Bowling/Fielding:

  • O = Overs bowled
  • RC = Runs conceded
  • W = Wickets taken
  • BowlA = Bowling average
  • BF = Best figures
  • Ct = Catches

Footnotes

A. ^ : The list of Nelson professionals says that King played for Nelson between 1974 and 1975, however CricketArchive shows that he played for the club in the 1976 season.[5]
B. ^ : Scuderi played for Nelson as professional from 1991–1996 and 2002–2003, but also played as an amateur in the 2004 and 2005 seasons as well as playing one match in both the 2006 and 2009 seasons.

References

General
Specific
  1. "Lancashire League Rules". Lancashire League. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "A brief history of Nelson Cricket Club". Burnley Express. 2006-04-06. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  3. "Nelson v Accrington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
  4. "Accrington v Nelson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  5. "Lancashire League matches played by Collis King". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
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