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Cricketers who have excelled at other Sports..

Scallywag

Banned
Former WA Sheffield Shield cricketer 1972-79 (vice-captain and captain 1978-79).

Member, Australian hockey team 1972-88 (Captain 1977-84); Represented Australia at Olympic Games in 1972, 1976 (silver medal), 1980 (selected, but team did not attend), 1984 and 1988; World Cup gold medal 1986; bronze medal 1978 and 1982
 

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Scallywag said:
Its not a complete list because Charlesworth is not on the hockey list, and I sure he played in the 84 olympics.
He won silver medal at 1976 olympics! (as part of the Mens Hockey team)(played in 5 olympics) .
 

telsor

U19 12th Man
Keith Miller player Australian Rules football at the top level for some time ( and was quite good by all accounts ). That said, a lot of Australian cricketers played both ( except NSW and QLD where they probably played rugby ) until 20-30 years ago.

Charlesworth probably didn't make the list because he didn't play at test level ( IIRC ).
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
SJS said:
Dennis Compton :In September he made his Football League debut for Arsenal on the left wing against Derby County, scored the opening goal in a 2-2 draw, and was called the success of the afternoon by the Daily Express. Soon he was being marked out as a future England footballer
His brother Leslie (not in list as he never played tests) was also an Arsenal stalwart. He is the only player to have played 200 games both for Arsenal's first team & for their reserves. He also holds the record as the oldest English Association Football international debutant @ the ripe old age of 38. That gives me nearly a decade still! :D

Beefy's son Liam has actually played three sports @ a high level: cricket (Hampshire), Rugby Union (West Hartlepool, Cardiff) & Rugby League (Leeds).
 

tadeusz

State 12th Man
Warnie played U/19s AFL for the saints.
Weren't the Chappells half-decent baseballers as well?
Apparently Don Bradman almost gave up cricket for tennis.
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
tadeusz said:
Apparently Don Bradman almost gave up cricket for tennis.
yeah i heard he practiced with the davis cup australian team. he was also an excellent snooker player. it was said he could have excelled at any of those three, but he chose cricket.
 

Neil Pickup

Cricket Web Moderator
Stolen from the last time we had this discussion...

Phil Neville was in the Lancashire junior teams with Freddy, but opted for football instead.

http://www.cricket.org/db/STATS/TES...ST_PLAYERS.html

Test players who have played competitive FOOTBALL (SOCCER):

J.C. Balderstone (Eng) Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United, Queen of the South
A.W. Nourse (RSA) Natal
C.B. Fry (Eng) England, Southampton
I.V.A. Richards (WI) Antigua
C.A. Milton (Eng) England
A. Ducat (Eng) England, Aston Villa
R.E. Foster (Eng) England (captained Eng in both)
J.W.H.T. Douglas (Eng) England in amateur football, Casuals, Corinthians
J.W.H. Makepeace (Eng) England, Everton
A. Lyttelton (Eng) England
E.A. McDonald (Aus) Victoria
F.C.M. Alexander (WI) England in amateur football
M.E. Waugh (Aus) professional Sydney club, Croatia
S.R. Waugh (Aus) professional Sydney club, Croatia
R.W.V. Robins (Eng) Nottingham Forest, Corinthians
D.C.S. Compton (Eng) England (wartime, not full Internationals), Arsenal
E.H. Hendren (Eng) Coventry City, Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City, Brentford, Also Victory Internationals in 1919
L.B. Fishlock (Eng) England in amateur football
L.H. Gay (Eng) England, Corinthians, Old Brightonians
H.T.W. Hardinge (Eng) England, Arsenal, Sheffield United
K.W. Hough (NZ) NZ and Australia
A.E. Knight (Eng) England
J. Arnold (Eng) England, Southampton, Fulham
W. Gunn (Eng) England, Notts County
G.C. White (RSA) South Africa
J. Sharp (Eng) England, Everton
R.S. Grant (WI) England in amateur football
J.M.M. Commaille (RSA) South Africa
S. O'Linn (RSA) South Africa, Charlton Athletics
C.A. Smith (Eng) England, Old Carthusians, Corinthians
W. Watson (Eng) England including 1950 World Cup, Huddersfield Town, Sunderland
D.B. Close (Eng) Leeds United, Bradford City, Arsenal
J.G. Dewes (Eng) Middlesborough, Plymouth Argyle, Walsall
C.J. Poole (Eng) Gillingham, Mansfield Town
D.R. Smith (Eng) Bristol City, Millwall
F.H. Suggs (Eng) Sheffield Wednesday, Derby County, Burnley, Bolton Wanderers
K. Taylor (Eng) Huddersfield Town, Bradford Park Avenue
F.J. Titmus (Eng) Watford
A.J. Watkins (Eng) Plymouth Argyle, Cardiff City
E.G. Wynyard (Eng) Old Carthusians
D.L. Bairstow (Eng) Bradford City
M. Sherwin (Eng) Notts County
M.J. Stewart (Eng) Charlton Athletics, Wimbledon, Hendon, Corinthian Casuals
L.E.G. Ames (Eng) Clapton Orient, Gillingham
H.E. Dollery (Eng) Reading
W.J. Edrich (Eng) Tottenham Hotspur
J.A. Flavell (Eng) Walsall
W.R. Hammond (Eng) Bristol Rovers
J. Hardstaff Sr. (Eng) Nottingham Forest
H. Howell (Eng) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Port Vale, Stoke
W.W. Keeton (Eng) Sunderland, Nottingham Forest
J.W. Sharpe (Eng) Notts County
A. Sidebottom (Eng) Manchester United, Huddersfield Town, Halifax
W. Storer (Eng) Derby County
A.Waddington (Eng) Halifax Town, Bradford City
F. Barratt (Eng) Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday
Ian Botham (Eng) S****horpe United (needs the stars!)

Test players who have played competitive HOCKEY:

B.C. Booth (Aus) Australia ('56 Olympics)
J.N. Rhodes (RSA) South Africa
D.L. Houghton (Zim) Zimbabwe
E.G. McLeod (NZ) New Zealand
I.A.K. Pataudi (Eng/Ind) India
M.J. Gopalan (Ind) India
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint (Eng) England
W.R. Endean (RSA) South Africa
K.Thomson (NZ) New Zealand
T.J.Laughlin (Aus) Australia
M.J.L. Turnbull (Eng) Wales

Test players who have played competitive RUGBY:

A.N. Hornby (Eng) (rugby union) England (captained both)
A.E. Stoddart (Eng) (rugby union) England (captained both)
T.A. Harris (RSA) South Africa
E.W.T. Tindill (NZ) (rugby union) New Zealand
B.P. Bracewell (NZ) captained W. Australia
A. Wharton (Eng) (rugby league) Salford
V.J. Scott (NZ) (rugby league) New Zealand
A.D.G. Matthews (Eng) Northamptonshire
E.A. McDonald (Aus) Victoria
C.L. Cairns (NZ) New Zealand Under-17s
S.M.J. Woods (Eng/Aus) England
P.N. Kirsten (RSA) Barbarians against the British Lions
M.J.K. Smith (Eng) (rugby union) England
M.A. Taylor (Aus) (rugby league) Combined Universities
V.T. Trumper (Aus) (rugby union) South Sydney
G. McGregor (Eng) Scotland
F. Mitchell (Eng/RSA) England, Blackheath
J.H. Sinclair (RSA) South Africa and England
R.O. Schwarz (RSA) England
R.H. Spooner (Eng) England, Liverpool
M.J.L. Turnbull (Eng) Wales
M.K. Elgie (RSA) Scotland
G.F. Vernon (Eng) England
H.G.O. Owen-Smith (RSA) England (captained)
J.H. Anderson (RSA) South Africa
G.R.P. Dickinson (NZ) New Zealand
M.P. Donnelly (NZ) England
R.H.M. Hands (RSA) England
P.S.Twentyman-Jones(RSA) South Africa
W.H. Milton (RSA) England
O.E. Nothling (Aus) Australia
M.L. Page (NZ) New Zealand
A.W. Powell (RSA) South Africa
A.R. Richards (RSA) South Africa
C.B. van Ryneveld (RSA) England
G.L. Jessop (Eng) Gloucester

Test players who have played competitive TENNIS:

P.W. Sherwell (RSA) national champion in 1904
C. Ramaswami (Ind) Davis Cup for India in 1922
B.A. Barnett (Aus) delegate to Int. Lawn Tennis Federation
K.C. Wessels (Aus/RSA) #1 junior in South Africa in 1973, turned down tennis scholarship from the University of Houston.
R.A. Legall (WI) Canadian over-60s champion
A. Lyttleton (Eng)

Test players who have played OTHER SPORTS competitively:

E.M. Grace (Eng) established a world triple-jump record in 1866.
W.G. Grace (Eng) was the national champion of 440 yard hurdles, represented England at bowls
P.A. Horne (NZ) represented his country in badminton in Commonwealth Games.
V.Y. Richardson (Aus) played baseball for Australia, represented S Aus at golf and tennis
B. Dooland (Aus) played baseball for Australia.
B.A. Reid (Aus) represnted W. Australia in a Under-16s basketball tournament.
S.R. Waugh (Aus) won the amateur section of the Vanuatu Invitational golf tourney.
G. Miller (Eng) played table tennis for Derbyshire.
E.L. Dalton (RSA ) was S.African Amateur Golf Champion in 1950.
G.A. Gooch (Eng) ran in London Marathon in 1993.
G.A. Gooch (Eng) scored a hole-in-one in Calcutta during the 1981-82 tour.
M.L.C. Foster (WI) was the table tennis champion of Jamaica.
J.W.H.T. Douglas (Eng) won the gold medal in the middleweight boxing in 1908 Olympics in London.
D.C. Cleverley (NZ) was an amateur boxer and NZ champion
R.C. Grant (WI) was a heavyweight boxing champion of Trinidad
W.H. Ponsford (Aus) was invited for a tryout by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
I.T. Botham (Eng) was the badminton junior doubles champion for Somerset.
I.B. Cromb (NZ) won the South Island and Canterbury Golf championship.
B.J.T. Bosanquet (Eng) was the hammer throw and billiards champion at Oxford.
A.D.G. Matthews (Eng) played table tennis for Wales.
G.L. Jessop (Eng) played in the 1914 amateur golf championship.
R.J. Hartigan (Aus) played lacrosse for Queensland and baseball for NSW.
N.W.D. Yardley (Eng) was the squash champion of the North of England 6 times.
E.R. Dexter (Eng) played in the Eng Amateur Golf Championship.
R.B. Richardson (WI) won the 4th sailing Cricketers Cup in Sydney during the 1991-92 tour.
C.B. Fry (Eng) held the world Long-jump record for 21 years.
Farooq Hamid (Pak) represented Pakistan in Athelitics in the Olympics
B.A. Barnett (Aus) Aussie Rule Football for Victoria and Old Scotch Collegians
M.J.L. Turnbull (Eng) was S Wales squash champion

[... Additions welcome ...]

Thanks to Brian Lawrence for additions and corrections
Contributed by aslam (asiddiqu@iupui.edu)
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Neil Pickup said:
Test players who have played OTHER SPORTS competitively:


[... Additions welcome ...]
tom moody (aus) set a record in the noble sport of haggis tossing, i believe
 

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Scallywag said:
Ponting has a Handicap of 1 in golf and I believe has had the option of turning professional.
A handicap of 1 is nowhere near good enough to be a professional.
 

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