List of British Army first-class cricketers

This is a list of cricketers who played first-class matches for the British Army cricket team. The side played a total of 51 first-class matches between 1912 and 1939. It played the Royal Navy side 14 times in top-level matches, all of which were played at Lord's, and the Royal Air Force five times in first-class matches, but otherwise played mainly against university sides, with Cambridge University (15 times) and Oxford University (11 times) their most frequent opponents in top-level matches. The Army also played MCC three times and against the touring New Zealanders in 1927, South Americans in 1932 and West Indians in 1933. Army cricket teams continue to play organised matches in the modern era, but none have held official status since 1939.

A combined Army and Navy team played three first-class matches between 1910 and 1919, the Combined Services side played 63 first-class matches between 1920 and 1964, and a British Indian Army side played two first-class matches, one in each of the 1926–27 and 1934–35 Indian seasons. Players who appeared in first-class matches for these sides are not included on this list unless they also played for the Army in a first-class match.

A

• Gilbert Alexander
• Arthur Archdale
• Francis Arkwright
• Edward Armitage
• Frederick Arnold

B

C

D

• Philip Davies
• Harold Day
• William Dickinson
• Guy Dury
• William Dutnall
• Ernest Dynes

F

• Harold Fawcus
• Godfrey Firbank
• Edward Fitzherbert
• Gustavus Fowke
• Robert St Leger Fowler
• Ian Freeland

G

H

J

• Tom Jameson
• Julian Jefferson
• Peter Randall Johnson
• Alexander Johnston
• Ronald Joy

K

• Henry Kirkwood
• Neville Knox

L

M

N

• Frank Naumann
• Peter Nelson

O

• Charles Orton

P

R

S

T

V

• Henry van Straubenzee

W

Y

• Humphrey Yates

See also

• List of Combined Services (United Kingdom) cricketers
• List of Royal Air Force first-class cricketers
• List of Royal Navy first-class cricketers

Notes

References

1. List of Royal Navy first-class cricketers
2. List of Irish first-class cricketers
3. List of Europeans first-class cricketers
4. List of Burmese first-class cricketers
5. Indian Army ranks and insignia
6. List of Royal Air Force first-class cricketers
7. List of cricketers who were killed during military service
8. List of British Muslims
9. A. E. J. Collins
10. List of British Jews
11. List of International cricket families
12. List of Old Carthusians
13. List of British Pakistanis
14. Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer, born 1917)
15. Cricket in World War I
16. C. K. Nayudu
17. List of Old Harrovians
18. Edward Bligh (British Army officer)
19. Charles Cumberland (Australian cricketer)
20. History of cricket