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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Tom_Graveney_1954.jpg 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="607" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Tom Graveney in 1954</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><div class="fn">Thomas William Graveney</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1927-06-16</span>)</span>16 June 1927<br /><span class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Riding_Mill" title="Riding Mill">Riding Mill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hexham" title="Hexham">Hexham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a>, England</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">3 November 2015<span style="display:none">(2015-11-03)</span> (aged 88)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Long Tom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Batting</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right-handed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowling</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right-arm <a href="/wiki/Leg_break" class="mw-redirect" title="Leg break">leg break</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Role</th><td class="infobox-data role">Batsman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Graveney" title="Ken Graveney">Ken Graveney</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Graveney" title="David Graveney">David Graveney</a> (nephew)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">International information <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National side</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Test debut (cap <a href="/wiki/List_of_England_Test_cricketers" title="List of England Test cricketers">358</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">5 July 1951 v <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_cricket_team" title="South Africa national cricket team">South Africa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last Test</th><td class="infobox-data">12 June 1969 v <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team" title="West Indies cricket team">West Indies</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Domestic team information </th></tr><tr style="line-height: 9pt"> <th scope="col">Years</th><th scope="col">Team</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em"><span class="nowrap">1948–1960</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Gloucestershire County Cricket Club">Gloucestershire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em">1961–1970</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Worcestershire County Cricket Club">Worcestershire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em"><span class="nowrap">1969/70–1971/72</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Bulls" class="mw-redirect" title="Queensland Bulls">Queensland</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Career statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%; margin:-1px; white-space:nowrap;"> <tbody><tr><th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Competition</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">FC</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_A_cricket" title="List A cricket">LA</a></th> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Matches</th> <td>79</td> <td>732</td> <td>45</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Runs scored</th> <td>4,882</td> <td>47,793</td> <td>1,147</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(cricket)" title="Batting average (cricket)">Batting average</a></th> <td>44.38</td> <td>44.91</td> <td>31.86</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">100s/50s</th> <td>11/20</td> <td>122/233</td> <td>0/6</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Top score</th> <td>258</td> <td>258</td> <td>98</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Delivery_(cricket)" title="Delivery (cricket)">Balls</a> bowled</th> <td>260</td> <td>5,479</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket">Wickets</a></th> <td>1</td> <td>80</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Bowling_average" title="Bowling average">Bowling average</a></th> <td>167.00</td> <td>37.96</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Five-wicket_haul" title="Five-wicket haul">5 wickets in innings</a></th> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">10 wickets in match</th> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Best bowling</th> <td>1/34</td> <td>5/28</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Catches/<a href="/wiki/Stumped" title="Stumped">stumpings</a></th> <td>80/–</td> <td>553/1</td> <td>15/–</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2" style="display:none"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: right">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/895/895.html">CricketArchive</a>, <span class="nowrap">25 January 2009</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas William Graveney</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span> (16 June 1927 – 3 November 2015) was an English <a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">first-class cricketer</a>, representing his country in 79 <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test matches</a> and scoring over 4,800 runs. In a career lasting from 1948 to 1972, he became the 15th player to score <a href="/wiki/List_of_batsmen_who_have_scored_100_centuries_in_first-class_cricket" title="List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket">one hundred first-class centuries</a>; he was the first batsman beginning his career after the Second World War to reach this milestone. He played for <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Gloucestershire County Cricket Club">Gloucestershire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Worcestershire County Cricket Club">Worcestershire</a>, and helped Worcestershire win the county championship for the first time in their history. His achievements for England after being recalled in 1966 have been described as "the stuff of legend."<sup id="cite_ref-Independent2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Graveney was a <a href="/wiki/Wisden_Cricketer_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisden Cricketer of the Year">Wisden Cricketer of the Year</a> in 1953, <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_captains" class="mw-redirect" title="English cricket captains">captained England</a> on one occasion and was awarded the OBE while still playing. </p><p>His international career ended at the age of 42 when he played in a benefit match on the rest day of a Test match. He was banned for three matches, and was never selected for England again. In later life he worked as a cricket commentator for BBC Television and was the first former professional to be President of the <a href="/wiki/Marylebone_Cricket_Club" title="Marylebone Cricket Club">Marylebone Cricket Club</a>. He was one of the first 55 players inducted to the <a href="/wiki/ICC_Cricket_Hall_of_Fame" title="ICC Cricket Hall of Fame">ICC Cricket Hall of Fame</a> in 2009. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Graveney&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Graveney was born on 16 June 1927 in the village of <a href="/wiki/Riding_Mill" title="Riding Mill">Riding Mill</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Hexham" title="Hexham">Hexham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a>, one of five children born to Jack and Mary Graveney. One of his two brothers was the cricketer <a href="/wiki/Ken_Graveney" title="Ken Graveney">Ken Graveney</a>. His father worked for the armaments manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Armstrong" class="mw-redirect" title="Vickers Armstrong">Vickers Armstrong</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-upon-Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle-upon-Tyne">Newcastle-upon-Tyne</a> as an engineer. After Jack's death in 1933, Mary married another engineer. The family moved to Lancashire and, in 1938, to Bristol so that Graveney's step-father could take up a position at <a href="/wiki/Avonmouth_Docks" title="Avonmouth Docks">Avonmouth Docks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Graveney attended <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Grammar_School" title="Bristol Grammar School">Bristol Grammar School</a>, playing cricket, hockey, rugby and golf all to a very high standard.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started work as an accountant, leaving after a few days to join the Army in 1946, as his elder brother Ken had done. He served in Suez with the <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Regiment" title="Gloucestershire Regiment">Gloucestershire Regiment</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> in 1946, and was later promoted to the rank of captain in the sports depot. At school he had been primarily a bowler, but when playing cricket on concrete pitches in Egypt with the army, he specialised more in batting, using his height and technique. On home leave in August 1947, he was asked to play in some benefit matches for <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Gloucestershire County Cricket Club">Gloucestershire County Cricket Club</a> – an invitation made at the suggestion of Ken, who was already playing as a bowler for the club. On the basis of Graveney's performances, he was offered a contract to play for the county for £200 annually and although he enjoyed life in the army, he accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Independent1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cricketing_career">Cricketing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Graveney&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cricketing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gloucestershire_and_England">Gloucestershire and England</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Graveney&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gloucestershire and England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He played his first first-class match for Gloucestershire against <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club" title="Oxford University Cricket Club">Oxford University Cricket Club</a> in April 1948 but failed to score, and did not become a regular member of the side until later in the season. He was the 12th man when the county played <a href="/wiki/Australian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1948" title="Australian cricket team in England in 1948">the touring Australian team of 1948</a> – known as "the Invincibles" – who scored 783 runs for 6 wickets. In the 1949 season, he scored 1,784 runs and started to be mentioned as a potential England player. At that time, selectors were having difficulty finding new batsmen to play alongside <a href="/wiki/Len_Hutton" title="Len Hutton">Len Hutton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denis_Compton" title="Denis Compton">Denis Compton</a>, and tried many possibilities. After Compton had sustained an injury, Graveney was selected for the Old Trafford Test match against South Africa in 1951, scoring 15 runs. Graveney was not selected for the following Test match, but joined the 1951–52 tour of India and Pakistan after scoring 2,291 runs for Gloucestershire during the season. He scored his first Test century on this tour, taking eight hours to score 175 runs in the second Test in Bombay (after missing the first because of dysentery).<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Independent1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the tour, he had established his place in the national team, and (in the words of <i>The Times</i>) was regarded as "England's outstanding young batsman", along with <a href="/wiki/Peter_May_(cricketer)" title="Peter May (cricketer)">Peter May</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Graveney's attacking style as a batsman did not find favour with Hutton, the captain, who (in the words of one commentator) "did not want flowery batsmen but fighters" in the attempt to regain the Ashes from Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late afternoon of the Test match at Lord's in 1953, when Hutton and Graveney were in control with the score at 143 for 1 and Graveney was looking to score a century, Hutton told Graveney to stop attacking for the rest of the day and only 34 runs were scored in the last hour. Early the next morning, Graveney was dismissed by the refreshed Australian bowling attack without adding to his overnight score of 78.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, England won the series and took the Ashes, which Australia had held since 1934. Graveney was named one of Wisden's five <a href="/wiki/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year" title="Wisden Cricketers of the Year">Cricketers of the Year</a> for 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hutton again curbed Graveney's attacking instincts during the 1953–54 tour of the West Indies after Graveney had started by hitting successive boundaries, telling him to "grind this one out".<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hutton later described Graveney as "not quite the chap for the big occasion" when Graveney's largest contribution to the <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_1954%E2%80%9355" title="English cricket team in Australia in 1954–55">1954–55 tour of Australia</a> was a century in the final Test match, by which point England had already won the series.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had been dropped for two matches earlier in the series after being dismissed for 0 when playing an aggressive shot when the match situation called for caution.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a poor series against South Africa in 1955 – where he suffered a permanent injury to the little finger of his left hand when acting as substitute wicket-keeper – he was dropped midway through the 1956 tour by the Australians and was not selected for the winter tour to South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Independent1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perhaps jokingly, he later put his failure to be selected for the South Africa tour to the fact that he had beaten the chairman of selectors, <a href="/wiki/Gubby_Allen" title="Gubby Allen">Gubby Allen</a>, at a round of golf.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent1_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His form in county cricket in 1957, where he was the leading run-scorer for the second successive season, prompted his recall to play the West Indies. Although he was dismissed for 0 at Lords, he scored 258 at Trent Bridge (his highest score in first-class cricket) and a further century later in the series. Poor performances in the following year and the <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_1958%E2%80%9359" title="English cricket team in Australia in 1958–59">1958–59 tour to Australia</a> again led to his being dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One Australian journalist, the former cricket <a href="/wiki/Jack_Fingleton" title="Jack Fingleton">Jack Fingleton</a>, said afterwards that he did not think that Graveney's "smiling nature fits in with the seriousness of Test cricket".<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_to_Worcestershire">Move to Worcestershire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Graveney&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Move to Worcestershire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Graveney was appointed captain of Gloucestershire in 1959, but was not suited to the job.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team finished in second place in the county championship that year, but dropped to eighth place in 1960. Discontent with his captaincy led the county to replace him after the end of the 1960 season with <a href="/wiki/Tom_Pugh_(cricketer)" title="Tom Pugh (cricketer)">Tom Pugh</a>, a less talented batsmen who (according to <i>The Times</i>) was "a young and inexperienced amateur who was barely worth his place in the side".<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Graveney left Gloucestershire on discovering that it had been decided when giving the captaincy to Graveney that Pugh would be his successor. This meant that Graveney did not play first-class cricket in 1961, as Gloucestershire required him to meet the residence qualification for his new club, <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Worcestershire County Cricket Club">Worcestershire</a>, before being allowed to play for them.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His performances for Worcestershire in 1962 led to his recall to the England team, where he scored two centuries and averaged 100 in the series against Pakistan, but he failed again on the winter tour of Australia and was dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He helped Worcestershire win the county championship in 1964 and 1965, the first time that they had done so, and reached the landmark of <a href="/wiki/Hundredth_hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="Hundredth hundred">one hundred first-class centuries</a> in 1964 (the 15th person, and the first player starting his career after the Second World War, to do so).<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ESPN_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_matches_for_England_and_retirement">Final matches for England and retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Graveney&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Final matches for England and retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recalled by England in 1966 against the West Indies, he scored heavily, including 165 at the Oval, aged 39, described as "arguably the best innings of his life" by one report.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later said that his England recall "came totally out of the blue" and that a West Indian supporter in the crowd shouted "Heh, Graveney, haven't they got a pension scheme in this country?"<sup id="cite_ref-Independent1_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained in the team in the following seasons, performing well at home and on tour, and captaining England against Australia for one match in 1968 when <a href="/wiki/Colin_Cowdrey" title="Colin Cowdrey">Colin Cowdrey</a> was unavailable.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was vice-captain for three years.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/OBE" class="mw-redirect" title="OBE">OBE</a> in 1968, described by one writer as a "rare distinction" for someone still playing.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His final Test match was against the West Indies in 1969. It was also his benefit season with Worcestershire. In those days, the Sunday of the Test match was a rest day, and he had arranged to play in an exhibition match in Luton ("Tom Graveney's XI v <a href="/wiki/Bob_Simpson_(cricketer)" title="Bob Simpson (cricketer)">Bobby Simpson's XI</a>"), a match that earned him £1,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For comparison, his salary from Worcestershire in 1966 was £850.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent1_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was banned for three matches as a result, as the chairman of the selectors <a href="/wiki/Alec_Bedser" title="Alec Bedser">Alec Bedser</a> stated that he had told Graveney before the Test match not to play in the Sunday game.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Graveney said that he had told Bedser before being chosen for the Test match that he was committed to the Luton game, but to no avail. He continued to play for Worcestershire, captaining the side from 1968 to 1970, and had the second-highest batting average in the 1970 season. Finding fielding increasingly tiring, although still enjoying batting, he left Worcestershire in 1970 and took up a position as player-coach for <a href="/wiki/Queensland_cricket_team" title="Queensland cricket team">Queensland</a>, returning after a generally unsuccessful period in Australia in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did play one magnificent innings though, in a semi final of the one day knockout competition at Adelaide Oval, where he scored 98 off of 112 balls to lead the unheralded Queensland side to an unlikely victory against a very strong South Australian side which featured 8 current or future test players. Against an attack that featured Freeman, Hammond, Greg Chappell, Mallet and Jenner, Graveney gave a superlative display of cover driving with exquisite timing that sent the crowd and local media into raptures. And all of this at 43 years of age. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Records_and_appreciation">Records and appreciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Graveney&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Records and appreciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In all, he played 79 Test matches for England between 1951 and 1969, scoring 4,882 runs at an average of 44.38 with a high score of 258 and 11 centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He scored 47,793 first-class runs (a <a href="/wiki/List_of_first-class_cricket_records#Most_runs_in_a_career" title="List of first-class cricket records">figure bettered by only eight players</a>), making 122 centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the only player to have scored more than 10,000 runs for two counties.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was described by <i>The Daily Telegraph</i> as "the greatest, as well as the most elegant and graceful, professional batsman to emerge in Britain in the years after the Second World War", and as "a throwback to cricket's golden age" with his attacking power and technique.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cricket writer <a href="/wiki/Scyld_Berry" title="Scyld Berry">Scyld Berry</a> called him "a glorious stroke-maker condemned to play in a dour age."<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Independent</i> said that although he "never entirely won the trust" of the England selectors, "the exquisiteness of his touch never faded" and his achievements for England after his recall in 1966 "were the stuff of legend."<sup id="cite_ref-Independent2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Times</i> described him as "one of the finest English batsmen of the 1950s and 1960s, and arguably the most elegant of them all."<sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-cricket_career">Post-cricket career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Graveney&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-cricket career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Graveney_graph.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Tom_Graveney_graph.png/350px-Tom_Graveney_graph.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Tom_Graveney_graph.png/525px-Tom_Graveney_graph.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Tom_Graveney_graph.png/700px-Tom_Graveney_graph.png 2x" data-file-width="963" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>Tom Graveney's career performance graph</figcaption></figure> <p>After retiring from cricket, he worked in various roles, including a squash club manager in Essex and a pub landlord in <a href="/wiki/Prestbury,_Gloucestershire" title="Prestbury, Gloucestershire">Prestbury, Gloucestershire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife, Jackie, said that being a publican was the first proper job Graveney had had in his life.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For many years 3D Cricket in Cheltenham ran indoor cricket coaching courses advertised as 'Tom Graveney cricket courses' for young and adult cricketers. In 1979, he joined the BBC as a television cricket commentator and became the first former professional cricketer to be elected president of the <a href="/wiki/Marylebone_Cricket_Club" title="Marylebone Cricket Club">Marylebone Cricket Club</a> (MCC) in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as president of Worcestershire from 1994 to 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was one of the first 55 people to be enrolled in the <a href="/wiki/ICC_Cricket_Hall_of_Fame" title="ICC Cricket Hall of Fame">ICC Cricket Hall of Fame</a> in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final cricket match was in 1995, when he played for the <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Taverners" title="Lord's Taverners">Lord's Taverners</a> against the MCC President's XI: he scored 1 run before being caught by <a href="/wiki/David_Frost" title="David Frost">David Frost</a> off the bowling of the actor <a href="/wiki/Robert_Powell" title="Robert Powell">Robert Powell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued to play golf, playing off a single-figure handicap, and building up a large collection of stamps, a hobby that he had begun when touring overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jackie, whom he married in 1952, developed <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a> in later life and Graveney moved into a care home to be with her until her death in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph1_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on 3 November 2015, aged 88, in the week after his brother Ken's death.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph2_4-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Jackie had two children, Tim and Rebecca. His nephew, <a href="/wiki/David_Graveney" title="David Graveney">David</a> (the son of his brother Ken), played for Gloucestershire and was later chairman of the England selectors.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Graveney&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Independent2-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Independent2_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Independent2_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBrenkley2015" class="citation news cs1">Brenkley, Stephen (3 November 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/tom-graveney-dead-farewell-to-an-exquisite-batsman-and-man-of-true-principle-a6720336.html">"Tom Graveney dead: Farewell to an exquisite batsman and man of true principle"</a>. <i>The Independent</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="color:#012169">England Test cricket captains</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1876/77: <a href="/wiki/James_Lillywhite" title="James Lillywhite">Lillywhite</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1878/79–1880, 1884: <a href="/wiki/George_Harris,_4th_Baron_Harris" title="George Harris, 4th Baron Harris">Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1881/82: <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Shaw" title="Alfred Shaw">Shaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1882; <i>1884</i>: <a href="/wiki/A._N._Hornby" title="A. N. Hornby">Hornby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1882/83: <a href="/wiki/Ivo_Bligh,_8th_Earl_of_Darnley" title="Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley">Bligh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1884/85–1886/87: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Shrewsbury" title="Arthur Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1886; <i>1888</i>: <a href="/wiki/A._G._Steel" title="A. G. Steel">Steel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1887/88–1891/92: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Read" title="Walter Read">Read</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1888–1896; <i>1899</i>: <a href="/wiki/W._G._Grace" title="W. G. Grace">Grace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1888/89: <a href="/wiki/C._Aubrey_Smith" title="C. Aubrey Smith">C. A. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1888/89: <a href="/wiki/Monty_Bowden" title="Monty Bowden">Bowden</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1893</i>; 1894/95–1897/98: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Stoddart" title="Andrew Stoddart">Stoddart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1895/96: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Tim_O%27Brien,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Tim O'Brien, 3rd Baronet">O'Brien</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1895/96–1898/99: <a href="/wiki/Martin_Hawke,_7th_Baron_Hawke" title="Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke">Hawke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1897/98</i>; 1899–1909: <a href="/wiki/Archie_MacLaren" title="Archie MacLaren">MacLaren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1903/04–1905/06: <a href="/wiki/Plum_Warner" title="Plum Warner">Warner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1905: <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Jackson_(cricketer)" title="Stanley Jackson (cricketer)">Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1907: <a href="/wiki/R._E._Foster" title="R. E. Foster">Foster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1907/08; 1909/10: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Fane" title="Frederick Fane">Fane</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1907/08: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Jones_(English_cricketer)" title="Arthur Jones (English cricketer)">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1909/10: <a href="/wiki/H._D._G._Leveson_Gower" title="H. D. G. Leveson Gower">Leveson Gower</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1911/12–1921; <i>1924</i>: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Douglas" title="Johnny Douglas">Douglas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1912: <a href="/wiki/C._B._Fry" title="C. B. Fry">Fry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921: <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Tennyson,_3rd_Baron_Tennyson" title="Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson">Tennyson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922/23: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mann_(cricketer)" title="Frank Mann (cricketer)">F. T. Mann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1924–1924/25: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Gilligan" title="Arthur Gilligan">A. E. R. Gilligan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926; <i>1929</i>: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Carr_(cricketer)" title="Arthur Carr (cricketer)">A. W. Carr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1926</i>; 1928–1930/31: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Chapman" title="Percy Chapman">Chapman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927/28: <a href="/wiki/R._T._Stanyforth" title="R. T. Stanyforth">Stanyforth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1927/28: <a href="/wiki/Greville_Stevens" title="Greville Stevens">Stevens</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1928/29</i>; 1929: <a href="/wiki/Jack_White_(cricketer,_born_1891)" title="Jack White (cricketer, born 1891)">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929/30: <a href="/wiki/Harold_Gilligan" title="Harold Gilligan">A. H. H. Gilligan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929/30: <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Calthorpe" title="Freddie Calthorpe">Calthorpe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1930; 1932/33; 1933</i>; 1934–1935: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wyatt" title="Bob Wyatt">Wyatt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931–1933/34: <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Jardine" title="Douglas Jardine">Jardine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1934: <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Walters" title="Cyril Walters">Walters</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936–1947/48: <a href="/wiki/Gubby_Allen" title="Gubby Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Robins" title="Walter Robins">Robins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938–1946/47: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Hammond" title="Wally Hammond">Hammond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1946/47</i>; 1947–1950: <a href="/wiki/Norman_Yardley" title="Norman Yardley">Yardley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1947/48: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Cranston" title="Ken Cranston">Cranston</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948/49–1949: <a href="/wiki/George_Mann_(cricketer)" title="George Mann (cricketer)">F. G. Mann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1949; 1950</i>; 1950/51–1951: <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Brown_(cricketer)" title="Freddie Brown (cricketer)">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951/52: <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Howard" title="Nigel Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1951/52: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Carr" title="Donald Carr">D. B. Carr</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952–1954/55: <a href="/wiki/Len_Hutton" title="Len Hutton">Hutton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1954: <a href="/wiki/David_Sheppard" title="David Sheppard">Sheppard</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955–1961: <a href="/wiki/Peter_May_(cricketer)" title="Peter May (cricketer)">May</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1959; 1959/60</i>; 1960; <i>1961; 1962</i>; 1966–1968/69: <a href="/wiki/Colin_Cowdrey" title="Colin Cowdrey">M. C. Cowdrey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961/62–1964: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Dexter" title="Ted Dexter">Dexter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963/64–1965/66; <i>1966</i>: <a href="/wiki/M._J._K._Smith" title="M. J. K. Smith">M. J. K. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1966</i>; 1967: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Close" title="Brian Close">Close</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1968: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Graveney</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969–1973: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Illingworth" title="Ray Illingworth">Illingworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972/73: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lewis" title="Tony Lewis">Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973/74–1974/75; <i>1975</i>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Denness" title="Mike Denness">Denness</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1974/75: <a href="/wiki/John_Edrich" title="John Edrich">Edrich</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975–1976/77: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Greig" title="Tony Greig">Greig</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977–1981: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brearley" title="Mike Brearley">Brearley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1977/78</i>; 1977/78: <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Boycott" title="Geoffrey Boycott">Boycott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980–1981: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Botham" title="Ian Botham">Botham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981/82: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Fletcher" title="Keith Fletcher">Fletcher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982–1983/84; <i>1983/84</i>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Willis" title="Bob Willis">Willis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1982</i>; <i>1983/84</i>; 1984–1986; 1989: <a href="/wiki/David_Gower" title="David Gower">Gower</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986–1987/88; <i>1988</i>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gatting" title="Mike Gatting">Gatting</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/John_Emburey" title="John Emburey">Emburey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Cowdrey" title="Chris Cowdrey">C. S. Cowdrey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1988</i>; 1988–1993: <a href="/wiki/Graham_Gooch" title="Graham Gooch">Gooch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1989/90; 1990/91: <a href="/wiki/Allan_Lamb" title="Allan Lamb">Lamb</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1992/93</i>; 1992/93–1998/99; <i>2000; 2001</i>: <a href="/wiki/Alec_Stewart" title="Alec Stewart">Stewart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993; 1993/94–1997/98; <i>2001</i>: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Atherton" title="Michael Atherton">Atherton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999–2003: <a href="/wiki/Nasser_Hussain" title="Nasser Hussain">Hussain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>1999: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Butcher" title="Mark Butcher">Butcher</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003–2008: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Vaughan" title="Michael Vaughan">Vaughan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>2004; 2005/06: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Trescothick" title="Marcus Trescothick">Trescothick</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006–2006/07: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Flintoff" title="Andrew Flintoff">Flintoff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006; 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color:white;;width:1%">Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#99ccff; color:white;">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zaheer_Abbas" title="Zaheer Abbas">Abbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasim_Akram" title="Wasim Akram">Akram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtly_Ambrose" title="Curtly Ambrose">Ambrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Barnes" title="Sydney Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Barrington" title="Ken Barrington">Barrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishan_Singh_Bedi" title="Bishan Singh Bedi">Bedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alec_Bedser" title="Alec Bedser">Bedser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Benaud" title="Richie Benaud">Benaud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Border" title="Allan Border">Border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Botham" title="Ian Botham">Botham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Boycott" title="Geoffrey Boycott">Boycott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Bradman" title="Don Bradman">Bradman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivnarine_Chanderpaul" title="Shivnarine Chanderpaul">Chanderpaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Chappell" title="Greg Chappell">G. 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Chappell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Compton" title="Denis Compton">Compton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Learie_Constantine" title="Learie Constantine">Constantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Cook" title="Alastair Cook">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Cowdrey" title="Colin Cowdrey">Cowdrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Crowe" title="Martin Crowe">Crowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Davidson_(cricketer,_born_1929)" title="Alan Davidson (cricketer, born 1929)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aravinda_de_Silva" title="Aravinda de Silva">de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AB_de_Villiers" title="AB de Villiers">de Villiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Dev" title="Kapil Dev">Dev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Dexter" title="Ted Dexter">Dexter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Donald" title="Allan Donald">Donald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Dravid" title="Rahul Dravid">Dravid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Faulkner" title="Aubrey Faulkner">Faulkner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Flower" title="Andy Flower">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Garner" title="Joel Garner">Garner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Gavaskar" title="Sunil Gavaskar">Gavaskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Gibbs" title="Lance Gibbs">Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Gilchrist" title="Adam Gilchrist">Gilchrist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Gooch" title="Graham Gooch">Gooch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gower" title="David Gower">Gower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._G._Grace" title="W. G. Grace">Grace</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Graveney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Greenidge" title="Gordon Greenidge">Greenidge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarrie_Grimmett" title="Clarrie Grimmett">Grimmett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hadlee" title="Richard Hadlee">Hadlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Hall" title="Wes Hall">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wally_Hammond" title="Wally Hammond">Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Harvey" title="Neil Harvey">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Haynes" title="Desmond Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Headley" title="George Headley">Headley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Hobbs" title="Jack Hobbs">Hobbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Holding" title="Michael Holding">Holding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Hutton" title="Len Hutton">Hutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahela_Jayawardene" title="Mahela Jayawardene">Jayawardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Kallis" title="Jacques Kallis">Kallis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohan_Kanhai" title="Rohan Kanhai">Kanhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imran_Khan" title="Imran Khan">Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Knott" title="Alan Knott">Knott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumble" title="Anil Kumble">Kumble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Laker" title="Jim Laker">Laker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Lara" title="Brian Lara">Lara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Larwood" title="Harold Larwood">Larwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Lillee" title="Dennis Lillee">Lillee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Lindwall" title="Ray Lindwall">Lindwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_Lloyd" title="Clive Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lohmann" title="George Lohmann">Lohmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinoo_Mankad" title="Vinoo Mankad">Mankad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Marsh" title="Rod Marsh">Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Marshall" title="Malcolm Marshall">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_May_(cricketer)" title="Peter May (cricketer)">May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_McCabe" title="Stan McCabe">McCabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_McGrath" title="Glenn McGrath">McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javed_Miandad" title="Javed Miandad">Miandad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Miller" title="Keith Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanif_Mohammad" title="Hanif Mohammad">Mohammad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Morris" title="Arthur Morris">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muttiah_Muralitharan" title="Muttiah Muralitharan">Muralitharan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monty_Noble" title="Monty Noble">Noble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(cricketer)" title="Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)">O'Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Pollock" title="Graeme Pollock">G. 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