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List of English cricket and football players

Summary

This is a list of sportspeople who have played both first-class cricket and top level football in England. The list includes thirteen sportspeople who are dual internationals, having represented England's national team at both sports.

C. B. Fry represented England at both cricket and football, and also held the world record for the long jump.

Footballers who have not competed at a professional level in the Football League are only eligible for inclusion if they have represented the England national football team.

Double internationals edit

Name Cricket club/team Cricket
profile[1]		 Football club/team Football
profile[2]
Johnny Arnold [1] [2] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Andy Ducat [3] [4] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
C. B. Fry [5] [6] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Tip Foster [7] [8]
Leslie Gay [9] [10] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Billy Gunn [11] [12] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Wally Hardinge [13] Archived 12 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine [14] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Alfred Lyttelton [15] [16] Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Harry Makepeace [17] [18] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Arthur Milton [19] [20] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Jack Sharp [21] [22] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Clare Taylor [23]
Willie Watson [24] [25] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

England cricket team and professional football edit

Name Cricket club/team Cricket
profile		 Football club/team Football
profile
Les Ames [26]
David Bairstow [27] [28]
Chris Balderstone [29] [30]
Ian Botham [31] [32]
Brian Close [33] [34]
Denis Compton [35] [36]
Jack Durston [37]
Laurie Fishlock [38]
Wally Hammond
Patsy Hendren [39]
Harry Howell [40]
Walter Keeton [41] [42]
Phil Mead [43]
Cyril Poole [44] [45]
Walter Robins [46]
Mordecai Sherwin [47]
Arnie Sidebottom [48] [49]
David Smith [50] [51]
Micky Stewart [52] [53]
William Storer [54] [55]
Frank Sugg [56]
Ken Taylor [57] [58]

First-class cricket and England football team edit

Name Cricket club/team Cricket
profile		 Football club/team Football
profile
C. W. Alcock [59] [60] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Claude Ashton [61] [62]
Morton Betts [63] [64] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Francis Birley [65] [66]
George Brann [67] [68]
John Brockbank [69] [70]
Cuthbert Burnup [71] [72] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Lindsay Bury [73] [74] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Raich Carter [75] [76]
Charles Chenery [77] [78]
Leslie Compton [79] [80] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Tommy Cook [81] [82] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Norman Cooper [83] [84]
George Cotterill [85] [86]
Arthur Cursham [87] [88] Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Henry Cursham [89] [90]
Harry Daft [91] [92]
John Devey [93] [94]
Percy de Paravicini [95] [96]
John Dixon [97] [98]
Graham Doggart [99] [100] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Ted Drake [101] [102] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
William Foulke [103] [104] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Monty Garland-Wells [105] [106] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Billy George [107] [108] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
John Goodall [109] [110] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
R. Cunliffe Gosling [111] [112] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Leonard Graham [113] [114] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Arthur Grimsdell
  • East of England cricket team
 [115] [116] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Fred Hargreaves [117] [118]
Stanley Harris [119] [120]
Edward Haygarth [121] [122]
Mike Hellawell [123] [124] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Arthur Henfrey [125] [126]
Gordon Hodgson [127] [128] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Anthony Hossack [129] [130] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Eric Houghton [131] [132] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Leonard Howell [133] [134]
Geoff Hurst [135] [136] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
James Iremonger [137] [138] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
William Kenyon-Slaney [139] [140] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Robert Kingsford [141] [142]
Arthur Knight [143] [144] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Jack Lee [145] [146]
Tinsley Lindley [147] [148] Archived 25 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
William Lindsay [149] [150] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Lewis Vaughan Lodge [151] [152] Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
Edward Lyttelton [153] [154]
Clement Mitchell [155] [156]
Billy Moon [157] [158]
Ernest Needham [159] [160] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Cuthbert Ottaway [161] [162] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Percival Parr
  • Gentlemen of Kent
 [163] [164] Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
George Raikes [165] [166]
Herbert Rawson [167] [168]
G. O. Smith [169] [170]
Harry Storer, Jr. [171] [172] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Alfred Stratford [173] [174]
Derek Ufton [175] [176]
Fanny Walden [177] [178]
Percy Walters [179] [180]
Sam Weaver [181] [182]
Fred Wheldon [183] [184]
Herbert Whitfeld [185] [186]
S.W. Widdowson [187] [188] Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Charles Plumpton Wilson[3] [189] [190]
Claude Wilson [191] [192]
Jimmy Windridge [193] [194] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Max Woosnam [195] [196] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Charles Wreford-Brown [197] [198] Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

First-class cricket and professional football edit

Name Cricket club/team Cricket
profile		 Football club/team Football
profile
Hubert Ashton [199]
Ray Bailey [200]
Gordon Barker [201] [202]
Keith Barker [203] [204]
Mike Barnard [205] [206]
William Bates [207]
Don Bennett [208] [209]
Ian Buxton [210] [211]
Alec Campbell [212]
Tom Clark [213] [214]
Billy Cook [215] [216]
Lol Cook [217] [218]
Graham Cross [219] [220]
John Cuffe [221] [222]
Jim Cumbes [223] [224]
George Dews [225] [226]
Len Dolding [227] [228]
Alonzo Drake [229]
Jack Dyson [230] [231]
Charlie Elliott [232] [233]
Arthur Foster [234]
William Fox [235]
Joe Gatting [236] [237]
Freddie Goodwin [238] [239]
Ian Hall [240] [241]
Jim Hammond [242] [243]
Bernard Harrison [244] [245]
Bill Harvey [246]
Ted Hemsley [247] [248]
John Higgins [249]
Len Hill [250] [251]
Chris Hollins [252]
Arthur Holt [253]
Henry Horton [254] [255]
Albert Iremonger [256] [257]
Harold Jarman [258] [259]
Arthur Jepson [260]
Stuart McMillan [261]
Chris Marples [262] [263]
Barrie Meyer [264] [265]
Frank Mitchell [266] [267]
Tony Moor
Arthur Mounteney [268]
Phil Neale [269] [270]
Ron Nicholls [271] [272]
Joe North [273]
Eddie Presland
Ralph Prouton [274] [275]
Alan Ramage [276] [277]
Don Roper [278] [279]
Sid Russell [280] [281]
Malcolm Scott [282] [283]
Jim Standen [284] [285]
Bob Stephenson [286]
Harry Storer, Sr. [287]
Ken Suttle [288] [289]
Ray Swallow [290] [291]
Ron Tindall [292] [293]
Maurice Tompkin [294] [295]
Horace Wass [296]
Henry White [297]
Levi Wright [298] [299]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ All profiles link to www.cricketarchive.com
  2. ^ England national football team players' profiles link to www.englandfc.com.
    Pre-Second World War footballers' Football League clubs are referenced to Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6., unless otherwise noted.
    Post-war footballers' profiles link to "Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database". Neil Brown., unless otherwise noted.
  3. ^ Also played Rugby Union for England

External links edit

  • Multi-talented Footballers – Guardian article
  • All Round Sporting Heroes – Chesterfield FC website

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