This was the beginning of one of the greatest periods in English cricket history with players such as captain Len Hutton, batsmen Denis Compton, Peter May, Tom Graveney, Colin Cowdrey, bowlers Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Alec Bedser, Jim Laker, Tony Lock and wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans.

The Racquets court itself was opened by Sir Colin Cowdrey.

In March 2001, he gave the tribute to Colin Cowdrey ( Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge ) at his memorial service in Westminster Abbey.

His fielding, in particular at gully and short leg, was consistently of a high standard, in particular his acrobatic catch to dismiss Colin Cowdrey.

Earlier alumni include Henry Addington, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Elias Ashmole founder of the Ashmolean Museum, John Buchan, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Clavell, highwayman and author, Colin Cowdrey, English Test batsman, William Webb Ellis, often credited with the invention of Rugby football, John Foxe author of Actes and Monuments popularly abridged as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, William Golding, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, and Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE ( 24 December 19324 December 2000 ), better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976.

His father named him Michael Colin Cowdrey, to give him the same initials as cricket's most famous club the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Brian Close was dropped as England captain in favour of Colin Cowdrey.

Brian Close's forthright views had never been welcome at Lord's and the affable Colin Cowdrey returned to lead the M. C. C.

Colin Cowdrey snapped his Achilles tendon and the selectors made the surprise choice of Ray Illingworth as his replacement.

But, Smith was known as a good tourist and was made captain of the England tour of India in 1963-64 when Ted Dexter and Colin Cowdrey were unavailable and without England's top bowlers Brian Statham and Fred Trueman.

His Test career included 22 centuries ( an England record held jointly with Wally Hammond and Colin Cowdrey ).

With Peter May and Colin Cowdrey declining to tour India and Pakistan in 1961-62 Dexter was chosen to lead the MCC team.

Dexter captained England in the First and Second Tests against Pakistan, winning two big victories, but Colin Cowdrey was put in charge for the Third Test.

In the second innings Colin Cowdrey came out to bat with a broken arm with victory, defeat or a tie still possible in the last two balls, but David Allen blocked them for a draw.

He reached the milestone when he had Neil Hawke caught by Colin Cowdrey at slip in the Fifth Test at The Oval.

In 1985 Lady Herries of Terregles married the cricketer Colin Cowdrey, who in 1997 was given a life peerage as Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge.

The 2009 novel Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy takes its title from Housman's poem " Reveille ", and a line from Housman's poem XVI " How Clear, How Lovely Bright ", was used for the title of the last Inspector Morse book The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter.

In 1988, Colin Pitchfork was the first person convicted of murder with DNA evidence, which led to growth of forensic science.

( The police officer was played by Colin Bell, then the marketing manager of London Records ).

In the 2004 competition, the margin between winner Joe Jitsu and runner-up Colin the Vet was 1 %, so both strips were added to the comic.

Barney Bubbles ( born Colin Fulcher, 30 July 1942 – 14 November 1983 ) was a radical English graphic artist whose work encompassed graphic design and music video direction.

The film was written by Colin Welland and directed by Hugh Hudson.

In April 2009 it was revealed that Eileen Grimshaw's father, Colin had slept with Eileen's old classmate, Paula Carp while she was still at school, and that Paula's daughter, Julie was in fact also Colin's daughter.

The first came in an accusation by former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff, Lawrence Wilkerson, who claimed that the Bush administration's foreign policy was run by a " Cheney-Rumsfeld cabal " implying a sinister intent ;

Colin Kapp ( 1928 – 3 August 2007 ) was a British science fiction author.

* On December 15, 1993, Colin Powell was created an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

* The 2002 Liberty Medal was awarded to Colin Powell on July 4 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

* The Coat of Arms of Colin Powell was granted by the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh on February 4, 2004.

* Colin Powell was initiated as an honorary brother in Sigma Phi Epsilon.

On July 5, 2009, Colin Powell told CNN said that the policy was " correct for the time " but that " sixteen years have now gone by, and I think a lot has changed with respect to attitudes within our country, and therefore I think this is a policy and a law that should be reviewed.

Overall naval commander was now Colin Keppel with other boats commanded by Horace Hood and Walter Cowan who were to remain friends and colleagues.

In 1961, Jones played Ena Sharples ' grandson, Colin Lomax, the second year Coronation Street was broadcast.

In the first era ( 1st – 6th editions, 1768 – 1826 ), the Britannica was managed and published by its founders, Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, by Archibald Constable, and by others.

The formula was discovered independently by Leonhard Euler and Colin Maclaurin around 1735 ( and later generalized as Darboux's formula ).

A 1958 article in Encounter by Colin Welch, directed against the Noddy character, was reprinted in a New Zealand librarians ' periodical.

The first co-production was the animated series The Animals of Farthing Wood from 1993 based on the books of the same title by Colin Dann.

Peter Jackson's 1995 film Forgotten Silver was billed and introduced as a serious documentary, purporting to tell the story of ' forgotten ' New Zealand filmmaker Colin McKenzie.

Hurst played one first-class cricket match for Essex, against Lancashire at Aigburth in 1962, although it was not a successful outing: he made 0 not out in the first innings, and was bowled by Colin Hilton, again for 0, in the second.

Denis Colin Leary ( born August 18, 1957 ) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and film producer.

* November 27 – Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician ( born 1854 )

Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, Ph. D., FBA, FSA, HonFSAScot ( born 25 July 1937 in Stockton-on-Tees ) is a prominent British archaeologist and highly regarded academic, noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites.

Mackintosh was born in Inverness, the daughter of Colin Mackintosh and Josephine ( née Horne ).

* Colin Kazim-Richards, footballer, was born in Leytonstone but schooled in Walthamstow.

England international footballers Sol Campbell, Tony Cottee, Martin Peters and Rob Lee were born in Plaistow, as was Arsenal physiotherapist Colin Lewin.

** Colin Thatcher ( born 1938 ), his son, former Saskatchewan cabinet minister, convicted of killing his ex-wife

* Colin Ferrell ( born 1984 ), defensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts, who played collegiate football at Kent State University.

Colin Baker ( born 8 June 1943 ) is a British actor, who is best known as Paul Merroney ( 1974-76 ) in The Brothers and as the 6th incarnation ( 1984-86 ) of The Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Colin Baker was born in London, but moved north to Rochdale with his family early in his life.

Colin Ferguson ( born January 14, 1958 ) is a mass murderer who was convicted of murdering six people and injuring nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York.

Colin Ferguson was born in Kingston, Jamaica on January 14, 1958, to Von Herman and May Ferguson.

Colin Tudge ( born 22 April 1943 ) is a British science writer and broadcaster.

Colin James Farrell ( born 31 May 1976 ) is an Irish actor, who has appeared in such films as Tigerland, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, The Recruit, Alexander, S. W. A. T., and the 2012 Total Recall remake.

Colin and US model Kim Bordenave became parents of James Padraig Farrell, born in 2003, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.

* Colin Norris ( born 1976 ), Scottish nurse and serial killer

Colin Needham ( born 26 January 1967, Manchester, England ) is one of four founding partners < ref > of the Internet Movie Database ( IMDb ), and has served as General Manager of IMDb since its acquisition by Amazon. com in 1998.

Written by Dublin born playwright, Colin Teevan, Following the play's successful outing in London's West End it toured England to great acclaim.

* Colin Edwin ( born 1970 ) Bass player with Porcupine Tree was educated and lived in Hemel Hempstead.

Sir Colin Earl Meads, KNZM, MBE ( born 3 June 1936 ), is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer.

Colin Earl Meads was born to Vere Meads and Ida Meads ( née Gray ) on 3 June 1936, in the village of Cambridge in the Waikato region.

Colin McMillan ( born 12 February 1966 ) is an English retired professional boxer.

He was born Colin Macliver, the eldest of the four children of John Macliver, a carpenter in Glasgow, Scotland, and his wife Agnes Campbell.