List of Royal Air Force first-class cricketers

From their first match in 1922 to their final match in 1946, 63 players represented the Royal Air Force cricket team in first-class cricket. A first-class match is a domestic cricket match between two representative teams, each having first-class status, as determined by the governing body for cricket in the country where the match is being played.[1] First-class matches consist of matches of three or more days' duration, between two teams of eleven players, played on turf pitches.[1]

The Royal Air Force played seven of their eleven first-class matches at The Oval (pictured).

The Royal Air Force was formed during World War I in 1918, with the Royal Air Force cricket team being formed in 1919 and playing its first against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in the same year.

This list includes all players who have played at least one first-class match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first cap in the same match, those players are initially listed by batting order at the time of debut.

Key

General – Captain – Wicket-keeper First – Year of debut for RAF Last – Year of latest match played for RAF Mat – Number of matches played for RAF

Batting Inn – Number of innings batted NO – Number of innings not out Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score 100 – Centuries scored 50 – Half-centuries scored Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not out

Bowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings BBM – Best bowling in a match Ave – Average runs per wicket

Fielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected

List of players

No.	Name	Nationality	First	Last	Mat	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Balls	Wkt	BBI	Ave	Ca	St
							Batting			Bowling				Fielding
01	Jack Hobbs[2]	England	1922	1922	1	1	27	27	27.00	0	0	–	–	1	0
02	Wally Hardinge[3]	England	1922	1922	1	2	107	97	107.00	0	0	–	–	0	0
03	Alfred Jeacocke[4]	England	1922	1922	1	2	14	7	7.00	0	0	–	–	1	0
04	Frank Woolley[5]	England	1922	1922	1	2	16	10	8.00	150	10	5/31	6.60	1	0
05	Percy Fender[6] ♠	England	1922	1922	1	2	15	13	15.00	66	1	1/19	22.00	3	0
06	Harold Gilligan[7]	England	1922	1922	1	1	11	11	11.00	18	0	–	–	2	0
07	Francis Musson[8]	England	1922	1922	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	–	–	0	0
08	George Geary[9]	England	1922	1922	1	1	10	10	10.00	204	6	3/20	9.16	0	0
09	Charlie Parker[10]	England	1922	1922	1	1	0	0	0.00	87	3	2/8	9.00	0	0
10	Abe Waddington[11]	England	1922	1922	1	1	4	4	4.00	60	0	–	–	0	0
11	Stanley Amor[12] †	England	1922	1922	1	1	1	1*	–	0	0	–	–	1	3
12	Edward Northway[13]	England	1927	1928	3	6	132	83	26.40	0	0	–	–	1	0
13	Morton Shapcott[14]	England	1927	1932	4	8	246	68	35.14	0	0	–	–	2	0
14	Charles Blount[15] ♠	England	1927	1930	6	10	383	110	38.30	530	12	3/16	24.58	9	0
15	Gerald Livock[16] †	England	1927	1932	2	4	98	43	32.66	0	0	–	–	3	1
16	Reginald Fulljames[17]	England	1927	1932	8	14	173	47	14.41	1,659	38	7/25	20.92	7	0
17	Ernest Fawcus[18]	England	1927	1929	5	8	291	115	41.57	453	8	4/51	25.75	4	0
18	Cecil Wigglesworth[19]	England	1927	1927	1	1	19	19	19.00	24	0	–	–	0	0
19	Brian Baker[20] ♠	England	1927	1932	8	13	303	66	25.25	0	0	–	–	5	0
20	Leslie Bray[21]	England	1927	1927	1	1	1	1*	–	0	0	–	–	1	0
21	Peter Utley[22]	England	1927	1928	3	3	39	30	13.00	702	11	3/18	21.18	3	0
22	Cyril Cooke[23]	England	1927	1930	6	8	51	20	8.50	1,033	23	7/76	21.30	4	0
23	Walter Beisiegel[24] ♠	England	1928	1931	5	8	172	54	24.57	0	0	–	–	4	0
24	Victor Croome[25] †	England	1928	1930	5	8	124	36	17.71	0	0	–	–	6	4
25	Leonard Slatter[26]	England	1928	1928	1	1	1	1*	–	72	0	–	–	0	0
26	Cyril Adams[27]	England	1928	1932	5	10	173	46*	19.22	646	11	3/62	33.90	4	0
27	Edmund Hudleston[28]	England	1929	1931	4	7	97	38	13.85	0	0	–	–	1	0
28	Charles Steele[29]	England	1929	1929	2	3	147	63	49.00	0	0	–	–	0	0
29	Douglas Macfadyen[30]	England	1929	1931	2	4	11	9	2.75	164	2	2/59	31.50	0	0
30	Leonard Jennings[31]	England	1929	1930	2	3	55	45*	27.50	30	0	–	–	1	0
31	Ronald Sugden[32]	England	1929	1930	2	3	17	12	5.66	90	0	–	–	0	0
32	Jack Holmes[33] ♠	England	1930	1932	3	6	166	59	27.66	336	84	–	–	2	0
33	Nigel Jerram[34]	England	1930	1930	1	1	78	43*	78.00	0	0	–	–	1	0
34	Tom Pollitt[35]	England	1931	1931	1	2	20	14	10.00	0	0	–	–	2	0
35	Geoffrey Longfield[36]	England	1931	1932	2	4	36	26	9.00	210	2	2/51	69.00	0	0
36	Douglas Bader[37]	England	1931	1931	1	2	66	65	33.00	0	0	–	–	0	0
37	Francis Hodder[38]	Ireland	1931	1931	1	1	11	10*	–	168	1	1/69	69.00	1	0
38	Holford White[39]	England	1932	1932	1	2	50	25	25.00	0	0	–	–	0	0
39	Colin Boumphrey[40]	England	1932	1932	1	2	31	31	15.50	0	0	–	–	0	0
40	Roy Scoggins[41]	England	1932	1932	1	2	1	1	0.50	172	5	5/112	22.40	0	0
41	Geoffrey Udal[42]	England	1932	1932	1	2	0	0*	–	138	2	2/105	52.50	1	0
42	Cyril Washbrook[43]	England	1945	1945	1	2	76	44	38.00	0	0	–	–	0	0
43	Stan Squires[44]	England	1945	1945	1	2	7	6	3.50	24	0	–	–	0	0
44	Bill Edrich[45]	England	1945	1945	1	2	95	50*	95.00	96	2	1/31	32.00	0	0
45	Bob Wyatt[46] ♠	England	1945	1945	1	2	57	51	57.00	0	0	–	–	1	0
46	George Cox[47]	England	1945	1945	1	2	36	31	18.00	0	0	–	–	0	0
47	Dennis Brookes[48]	England	1945	1945	1	1	20	20	20.00	0	0	–	–	0	2
48	Albert Nutter[49]	England	1945	1945	1	1	0	0	0.00	138	2	2/60	40.00	0	0
49	Syd Buller[50] †	England	1945	1945	1	1	9	9*	–	258	0	–	–	0	0
50	Reg Partridge[51]	England	1945	1945	1	1	0	0*	–	108	3	3/41	24.33	0	0
51	Austin Matthews[52]	Wales	1945	1945	1	0	–	–	–	198	5	3/18	15.66	0	0
52	Neville Shelmerdine[53]	England	1945	1945	1	0	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	0	0
53	Hugh Sells[54]	England	1946	1946	1	2	46	26	23.00	0	0	–	–	1	0
54	Thomas Thornton[55]	England	1946	1946	1	2	29	23	14.50	48	0	–	–	0	0
55	Don Kenyon[56]	England	1946	1946	1	2	0	0	0.00	0	0	–	–	1	0
56	Luke White[57]	England	1946	1946	1	2	75	46	37.50	0	0	–	–	0	0
57	Leo Harrison[58] †	England	1946	1946	1	2	33	30	16.50	0	0	–	–	2	2
58	Brian Trubshaw[59]	England	1946	1946	1	2	2	1	1.00	0	0	–	–	0	0
59	Alan Shirreff [60] ♠	England	1946	1946	1	2	16	16	8.00	216	6	4/39	17.66	0	0
60	Bernard Constable[61]	England	1946	1946	1	2	71	56*	71.00	186	5	5/131	26.20	2	0
61	Myles Boddington[62]	England	1946	1946	1	2	23	23	11.50	18	0	–	–	1	0
62	William Faulkner[63]	England	1946	1946	1	2	23	18	11.50	144	0	–	–	1	0
63	Norman Gavin[64]	England	1946	1946	1	2	52	29	52.00	204	3	3/76	34.00	1	0

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16. "Player Profile: Gerald Livock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
17. "Player Profile: Reginald Fulljames". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
18. "Player Profile: Ernest Fawcus". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
19. "Player Profile: Cecil Wigglesworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
20. "Player Profile: Brian Baker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
21. "Player Profile: Leslie Bray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
22. "Player Profile: Peter Utley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
23. "Player Profile: Cyril Cooke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
24. "Player Profile: Walter Beisiegel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
25. "Player Profile: Victor Croome". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
26. "Player Profile: Leonard Slatter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
27. "Player Profile: Cyril Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
28. "Player Profile: Edmund Hudleston". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
29. "Player Profile: Charles Steele". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
30. "Player Profile: Douglas MacFadyen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
31. "Player Profile: Leonard Jennings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
32. "Player Profile: Ronald Sugden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
33. "Player Profile: Jack Holmes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
34. "Player Profile: Nigel Jerram". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
35. "Player Profile: Tom Pollitt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
36. "Player Profile: Geoffrey Longfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
37. "Player Profile: Douglas Bader". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
38. "Player Profile: Francis Hodder". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
39. "Player Profile: Holford White". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
40. "Player Profile: Colin Boumphrey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
41. "Player Profile: Roy Scoggins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
42. "Player Profile: Geoffrey Udal". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
43. "Player Profile: Cyril Washbrook". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
44. "Player Profile: Stan Squires". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
45. "Player Profile: Bill Edrich". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
46. "Player Profile: Bob Wyatt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
47. "Player Profile: George Cox". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
48. "Player Profile: Dennis Brookes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
49. "Player Profile: Albert Nutter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
50. "Player Profile: Syd Buller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
51. "Player Profile: Reg Partridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
52. "Player Profile: Austin Matthews". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
53. "Player Profile: Neville Shelmerdine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
54. "Player Profile: Hugh Sells". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
55. "Player Profile: Thomas Thornton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
56. "Player Profile: Don Kenyon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
57. "Player Profile: Luke White". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
58. "Player Profile: Leo Harrison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
59. "Player Profile: Brian Trubshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
60. "Player Profile: Alan Shirreff". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
61. "Player Profile: Bernard Constable". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
62. "Player Profile: Myles Boddington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
63. "Player Profile: William Faulkner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
64. "Player Profile: Norman Gavin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22.