Jack Hobbs establishing himself as England's first-choice opening batsman with three centuries, while Frank Foster ( 32 wickets at 21. 62 ) and Sydney Barnes ( 34 wickets at 22. 88 ) formed a formidable bowling partnership.

Despite being an all-rounder, Grace was also an opening batsman.

Mark Anthony Taylor, ( born 27 October 1964 in Leeton, New South Wales ; nicknamed " Tubby " or " Tubs ") is a former Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988 – 1999, as well as captain from 1994 – 1999, succeeding Allan Border.

Taylor played for his primary school as an opening batsman, and made his first century at the age of thirteen for the Lake Albert club at Bolton Park in Wagga.

At The Oval, England amassed a world record of 7 / 903 and their opening batsman Len Hutton scored an individual world record, by making 364.

Her eldest brother Dion Bourne was an opening batsman who played for Bankstown in Sydney Grade Cricket and remains the leading runscorer in the club's history.

The England opening batsman Herbert Sutcliffe attended Pudsey School and learnt his cricket with the Pudsey St Lawrence and Pudsey Britannia cricket clubs.

Her eldest brother Dion Bourne was an opening batsman who played for Bankstown in Sydney Grade Cricket and remains the leading runscorer in the club's history.

A right-handed opening batsman for Lancashire and England, and occasional leg-break bowler, he achieved the captaincy of England at the age of 25 and led the side in a record 54 Test matches.

However, the fact that Atherton was dismissed 19 times by Glenn McGrath, the Australian opening bowler ( a record for any bowler against one batsman ) suggests that this was a side of Atherton that Waugh seldom saw first-hand.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman.

Frederick Cuming, one of the four Old Blundellians, top-scored for the side with 38, followed by their captain, and Exeter Cricket Club opening batsman, C. B. K. Beachcroft with 23.

At the time, Surrey had problems finding an opening batsman to partner Tom Hayward.

Although Hobbs had rarely opened the batting, when Hayward captained Surrey in their opening game of the season — the regular, amateur Surrey captain was absent — he selected Hobbs and used him as an opening batsman.

However, England lost the game and the performance of the amateur wicketkeeper and makeshift opening batsman Dick Young was singled out as detrimental to the team.

Rhodes began his career as a bowler who batted down the batting order but steadily improved his batting until he became an opening batsman.

West Indian captain and opening batsman Jeff Stollmeyer twisted his ankle after treading on a ball ahead of the Fourth Test in Barbados, " triggering huge debate about who should open.

Trueman's first wicket was that of opening batsman Robert Morris, who was caught by Ellis Robinson for 19.

Three other debutants that day who all became England players were Close and opening batsman Frank Lowson for Yorkshire ; and Middlesex fast bowler John Warr for Cambridge.

Former Glamorgan captain and England opening batsman Steve James began his career at the club.

Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.

Upon his retirement, in January 2009, Hayden's Test average was 50. 7 ; he had scored the second most runs in Test Cricket by an opening batsman ; and was equal 6th ( with Jacques Kallis ) on the all-time list for Test centuries.

The Surrey team and committee were impressed, and when the regular Surrey captain, Lord Dalmeny, assumed control for the following match against Essex, the club's opening County Championship match, Hobbs retained his place and scored 155 runs in around three hours during Surrey's second innings.

The task was not easy in the conditions, but Hobbs, this time opening the batting with C. B. Fry, hit 62 not out.

He and Hobbs went on to establish a successful opening partnership which was particularly noted for quick running.

England also lost the second Test, but Hobbs continued to impress critics ; he scored 53 and 70, sharing two substantial opening partnerships of 94 and 48 with Rhodes in the process.

As England had few effective pace bowlers on the tour, Hobbs opening the bowling in the first two Tests, as well as the batting.

Hobbs and Rhodes, restored to the opening position, began with a partnership of 57.

Hobbs made a slow start to the competition when he was bowled in the first over in England's opening match against South Africa, and his batting form in all matches was uncertain in the early part of the season.

During the season, Hobbs began to open the batting with Andy Sandham, who succeeded to Hayward's position as Hobbs ' partner ; in the following years, the pair later established an extremely effective opening partnership.

Hobbs began with two centuries in the opening three first-class games, and in the first Test had the highest score in both England innings with 49 and 59.

The injury forced Hobbs to miss the opening two Tests against Australia, but once recovered, he immediately scored a century for Surrey ; as England already trailed 2 – 0 in the five-Test series, the selectors chose him for the third Test.

Batting conditions were good throughout the summer and Hobbs ' opening partnership with Sandham for Surrey began to approach its peak of effectiveness.

More significantly for the future, Hobbs established an opening partnership with Herbert Sutcliffe.

In the opening first-class match of the tour, Hobbs and Sutcliffe opened the innings with a partnership of 89 in difficult batting conditions ; Hobbs scored 50, and scored consistently in the other warm-up games.

Hobbs and Sutcliffe shared their second century opening partnership of the game, and Hobbs scored 57, but England lost by 193 runs.

Despite an opening partnership of 63 between Hobbs and Sutcliffe, Australia won by 11 runs.

This proved an excellent social opening for Beatty, who established a longstanding relationship with the Duke's eldest daughter, Marie, and with other members of the court.

It has been established by tradition over a hundred years ; and although in common with other British anthems, it has not been established as such by law, it has been used in the context of a national anthem at official governmental ceremonies including the opening of the Welsh Assembly and at receptions of the British monarchy.

A presence was re-established on the mainland in 1979 following China's reform and opening up and a year later the firm established the Beijing Air Catering Company Ltd., the first foreign joint venture in the country.

Following severe financial difficulties of the British East Africa Company, the British government on July 1, 1895 established direct rule through the East African Protectorate, subsequently opening ( 1902 ) the fertile highlands to white settlers.

These reforms included guarantees to ensure the Ottoman subjects perfect security for their lives, honour, and property ; the introduction of the first Ottoman paper banknotes ( 1840 ) and opening of the first post offices ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the finance system according to the French model ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the Civil and Criminal Code according to the French model ( 1840 ); the establishment of the Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye ( 1841 ) which was the prototype of the First Ottoman Parliament ( 1876 ); the reorganization of the army and a regular method of recruiting, levying the army, and fixing the duration of military service ( 1843 – 44 ); the adoption of an Ottoman national anthem and Ottoman national flag ( 1844 ); the first nationwide Ottoman census in 1844 ( only male citizens were counted ); the first national identity cards ( officially named the Mecidiye identity papers, or informally kafa kağıdı ( head paper ) documents, 1844 ); the institution of a Council of Public Instruction ( 1845 ) and the Ministry of Education ( Mekatib-i Umumiye Nezareti, 1847, which later became the Maarif Nezareti, 1857 ); the abolition of slavery and slave trade ( 1847 ); the establishment of the first modern universities ( darülfünun, 1848 ), academies ( 1848 ) and teacher schools ( darülmuallimin, 1848 ); establishment of the Ministry of Healthcare ( Tıbbiye Nezareti, 1850 ); the Commerce and Trade Code ( 1850 ); establishment of the Academy of Sciences ( Encümen-i Daniş, 1851 ); establishment of the Şirket-i Hayriye which operated the first steam-powered commuter ferries ( 1851 ); the first European style courts ( Meclis-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, 1853 ) and supreme judiciary council ( Meclis-i Ali-yi Tanzimat, 1853 ); establishment of the modern Municipality of Istanbul ( Şehremaneti, 1854 ) and the City Planning Council ( İntizam-ı Şehir Komisyonu, 1855 ); the abolition of the capitation ( Jizya ) tax on non-Muslims, with a regular method of establishing and collecting taxes ( 1856 ); non-Muslims were allowed to become soldiers ( 1856 ); various provisions for the better administration of the public service and advancement of commerce ; the establishment of the first telegraph networks ( 1847 – 1855 ) and railroads ( 1856 ); the replacement of guilds with factories ; the establishment of the Ottoman Central Bank ( originally established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası, established in 1866 ); the Land Code ( Arazi Kanunnamesi, 1857 ); permission for private sector publishers and printing firms with the Serbesti-i Kürşad Nizamnamesi ( 1857 ); establishment of the School of Economical and Political Sciences ( Mekteb-i Mülkiye, 1859 ); the Press and Journalism Regulation Code ( Matbuat Nizamnamesi, 1864 ); among others.

" On opening night, Orbison opted to go onstage first although he was the more established act.

The opening in 1915 of the University of British Columbia, established by Act of Legislature in 1908, obliged the College to suspend operations in higher education in Victoria.

In 680 AD Khan Asparukh conquered Scythia Minor, opening access to Moesia, and established the First Bulgarian Empire, which was however slavicized by the 10th century.

The motivation for these chess variants is to nullify established opening knowledge.

( A physical connection between Omaha, Nebraska and the statutory Eastern terminus of the Pacific road at Council Bluffs, Iowa located immediately across the Missouri River was also not finally established until the opening of UPRR railroad bridge across the river on March 25, 1873, prior to which transfers were made by ferry operated by the Council Bluffs & Nebraska Ferry Company.

They were refugees from former Byzantine or Venetian territories that were occupied by the Ottomans in the late 15th and 16th c. The first Greek community was established in Ancona early in the 16th c. Natalucci, the 17th c. historian of the city, notes the existence of 200 Greek families in Ancona at the opening of the 16th c. Most of them came from northwestern Greece, i. e. the Ionian islands and Epirus.

The process that culminated in the foundation of the Estudi General of Barcelona can be traced back to the end of the fourteenth century, with the opening of a number of schools under the patronage of the City Hall, the cathedral schools and the Dominican convent of Santa Caterina, which established itself as a major cultural centre.

The township was established in the early 1860s, the first Post Office opening on 1 January 1861.

O ' Donnell, named for railroad man Tom J. O ' Donnell, was established in 1910 as a speculative venture based on the opening up of new farmlands in southern Lynn and northern Dawson counties.

Station stops were established every few miles, both to aid in opening the land and also to serve the railroad.

The opening of the Connecticut Turnpike in the 1950s brought another wave of development to Fairfield, and by the 1960s the town's residential, suburban character was firmly established.

Train stations were established every few miles to aid in opening up the land and, more particularly, to serve as the locations of section houses.

Train stations were established every few miles to aid in opening up the land and, more particularly, to serve as the locations of section houses.

It was established in 1880, with the post office opening in 1884.

The Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad was located through the tract, and upon the opening of the line Dawson's Station was established at this point.

" Instead, the tone was lightened and the opening episodes established Angel Investigations as an idealistic, shoestring operation.

They established Farley as a relatively bankable star and he was given the title role of Beverly Hills Ninja, which finished in first place at the box office on its opening weekend.

In 1842, the Weaver family moved to the Iowa Territory to await the opening of new land on May 1, 1843, when they established a farm four miles north of Bloomfield, Iowa.