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English
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England
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Eng
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Plum Warner
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Right-handed batsman (RHB)
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n/a
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15
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622
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2392
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1/3
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132
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0
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0
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n/a
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0
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0
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n/a
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3/0
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521
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29028
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3628
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60/149
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244
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1132
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15
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4240
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0
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0
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2/26
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183/0
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14 February
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1899
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26 June
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1912
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, affectionately and better known as '''Plum Warner''', or the ''Grand Old Man'' of
English Cricket was born on
2 October 1873 in
Port Of Spain ,
Trinidad and died on
30 January 1963 at
West Lavington, West Sussex .
A right-hand bat, Warner played
First-class Cricket for
Oxford University ,
Middlesex and England. He played 15
Test Match es, captaining in 10 of them, with a record of won 4, lost 6. Indeed, when he captained England on the tour of
South Africa in
1905 /
6 to a resounding 1-4 defeat, that was the first time England had lost to South Africa in a Test match.
He was named
Wisden Cricketer Of The Year in
1904 and
1921 , making him one of the few to have received the honour twice (the normal rule is that it can only be won once). After retiring as a player, he became a tour manager, most notably on the infamous
Bodyline tour of Australia in 1932/3. He later became president of the
Marylebone Cricket Club . He was
Knight ed for his services to cricket in
1937 .
Warner wrote extensively on cricket. He detailed his
Ashes Tests and a history of
Lord's Cricket Ground . He was married to Agnes in the summer of
1904 and had a son, Esmond, and a daughter, Elizabeth.
- ''Lord's 1787-1945'' ISBN 1-85145-112-9
