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The England opening batsman Herbert Sutcliffe attended Pudsey School and learnt his cricket with the Pudsey St Lawrence and Pudsey Britannia cricket clubs.
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England and opening
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In four opening chapters reminiscent of Macaulay's famous third chapter, Trevelyan surveys the state of England at the opening of the eighteenth century.
* 1879 – The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester, England.
Maine was the last New England State to take off the books laws that prohibited department stores from opening on Sundays.
England drew the opening game of the tournament 0 – 0 with Uruguay, and Charlton scored the first goal in the 2 – 0 win over Mexico.
The opening of the Sankey Canal in 1757, followed by the Bridgewater Canal in 1761, which halved the price of coal in Liverpool and Manchester England, respectively, triggered a period of " canal mania " in Britain so that between 1760 and 1820 over one hundred canals were built.
At the 2010 World Cup itself England drew their opening two games leading to questions about the team's spirit, tactics and ability to handle pressure.
Banks, who discovered just after arriving in Mexico that he had been awarded the OBE, played his 60th England game in the opening group victory over Romania before taking to the field for the keenly-awaited clash with Brazil.
He scored the only goal of England's opening game against Romania as England progressed to the quarter finals, where once again they faced West Germany.
With the opening of trade between England and Japan, Japanese imports, art and styles became fashionable in London, making the time ripe for an opera set in Japan.
This marriage, and raids on northern England, prompted William the Conqueror to invade and Máel Coluim submitted to his authority, opening up Scotland to later claims of sovereignty by English kings.
William defeated and killed Harold Godwinson, the last Saxon King of England, and destroyed his army ; thus opening England to the Norman conquest.
Controversially, the Australian wicket-keeper Rod Marsh and opening bowler Dennis Lillee both placed bets on England to win, later claiming that 500 – 1 were silly ( if not incredible ) odds on any two-horse race.
* 2012 – The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom.
Before opening the play in England, Whale decided to tour the art museums of Europe.
* 1981 – The opening of the Humber Bridge by Queen Elizabeth II in England, United Kingdom.
This allowed pubs in England and Wales to apply to the local authority for the opening hours of their choice.
The origin of the lock-in in Britain was a reaction to changes in the licensing laws in England and Wales in 1915, which curtailed opening hours to stop factory workers from turning up drunk and harming the war effort.
Since the Licensing Act 2003 premises in England and Wales may apply to extend their opening hours beyond 11 pm, allowing round-the-clock drinking and removing much of the need for lock-ins.
Green Bay forced New England to punt on the opening possession of the game and started their first drive with great field position after receiver Desmond Howard returned the ball 32 yards to the Packers 46-yard line.
Grace made his final first-class appearance on 20 – 22 April 1908 for the Gentlemen of England v Surrey at The Oval, where, opening the innings, he scored 15 and 25.
* January 10 – Sir Thomas Roe, emissary from the court of King James I of England, presents his credentials to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, in Ajmer Fort, thus opening the door to the British presence in India.
* August – English explorer Richard Chancellor enters the White Sea and reaches Arkhangelsk, going on to the court of Ivan IV of Russia, opening up trade between England and Russia.
England and batsman
When Peate returned to the pavilion he was reprimanded by his captain for not allowing his partner, Charles Studd ( one of the best batsman in England, having already hit two centuries that season against the colonists ) to get the runs.
In the 1974 – 75 series, with the England team breaking up and their best batsman Geoff Boycott refusing to play, Australian pace bowlers Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee wreaked havoc.
* Graeme Fowler, cricketer, former England batsman, cricket coach and occasional pundit on BBC Radio's Test Match Special
He also fell out publicly with other players, including fellow England opener Geoff Boycott, Somerset captain Peter Roebuck, and Australian batsman Ian Chappell, with whom he had an altercation in an Adelaide Oval car park during the 2010 – 11 Ashes series.
* August 14 – 1948 Ashes series: The Australian batsman Don Bradman, playing his last Test cricket match, against England at The Oval, is bowled by Eric Hollies for a duck ; however, " The Invincibles " win the match by an innings and 149 runs, and The Ashes 4-0.
* April 2 – In a cricket test match against New Zealand, England batsman Wally Hammond scores a record 336 runs.
Bradman's first-class tally, 2, 960 runs ( at an average of 98. 66 with 10 centuries ), was another enduring record: the most by any overseas batsman on a tour of England.
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.
More controversially, during the 1991 Ashes Tour in Australia, England were playing a warm up match in Queensland when Gower together with batsman John Morris, chose to go for a joy-ride in two Tiger Moth biplane without telling the England team management.
By the age of 21 he was widely recognised as the best batsman in England.
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Unbelievably after six Tests no Australian batsman had been given out lbw in the series, which was the clearest evidence of umpiring bias in the minds of the England players.
* Steve James ( cricketer ), former England / Glamorgan batsman and now Sports journalist for the Telegraph was born in Lydney and played both cricket and rugby for the town.
Following the death of his father, he successfully applied to join Surrey, with the support of England batsman Tom Hayward.
An opening batsman, Hobbs established several effective opening partnerships ; with Tom Hayward and Andy Sandham for Surrey and with Wilfred Rhodes and Herbert Sutcliffe for England.
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.
The citation noted that " at the present time there is perhaps no better professional batsman in England except Hayward and Tyldesley ".
Critics in Australia and England recognised him as the best batsman in the world.
Critics believed that he remained the best batsman in England.
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