39-1039: Alistair or Alastair Campbell may refer to: Alastair Campbell (athlete) (1890–1943), English cricketer and footballer Alistair Campbell (academic) (1907–1974), Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925–2009), New Zealand poet, playwright, and novelist Alastair Campbell (bioethicist) (born 1938), British bioethicist Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale (born 1949), Scottish jurist Alastair Campbell, 4th Baron Colgrain (born 1951), British hereditary peer Alastair Campbell (born 1957), British political aide and Labour Party strategist associated with Tony Blair Ali Campbell (Alistair Ian Campbell, born 1959), British singer formerly with UB40 Alistair Campbell (cricketer) (born 1972), Zimbabwean test cricketer See also [ edit ] Alister Campbell (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
78-709: A first-class match, that the ICC clearly stipulates that its match type list "is not exhaustive and is merely indicative of the matches which would fall into the first-class definition". For example, the list includes matches of recognised first-class teams versus international touring teams; and the leading domestic championships (using their then-current names) such as the County Championship , Sheffield Shield , Ranji Trophy , etc. The absence of any ICC ruling about matches played before 1947 (or before 1895 in Great Britain)
117-617: A line between what was important historically and what should form part of the statistical record. Hence, for pre-1895 (i.e., in Great Britain) cricket matches, "first-class" is essentially a statistical concept while the historical concept is broader and takes account of historical significance. Webber's rationale was that cricket was "generally weak before 1864" (there was a greater and increasingly more organised effort to promote county cricket from about that time) and match details were largely incomplete, especially bowling analyses, which hindered compilation of records. According to Webber's view,
156-642: A month later and subsequently signed for Hampshire League side Boscombe before the outbreak of the First World War . With the outbreak of the First World War , Campbell's football career was interrupted. He served in the British Army during the war, joining the Artists Rifles . In March 1918, he gained a commission as a second lieutenant with the Royal Garrison Artillery , having attended
195-744: A schoolboy, he played for England at amateur level in an international match. As a first-class cricketer , he played two seasons for Hampshire in 1908 and 1909. Campbell was born at South Stoneham to Scottish parents in May 1890, with his father being a noted sailor in Southampton . He was educated in Southampton at the King Edward VI Grammar School , where he was captain of both the football and cricket elevens. While at school he played for England at amateur level in an international against
234-621: Is "taking" the first-class matches to be one against Sydney ( sic ), two each against Victoria , the Combined team and the Australian Eleven, and another against South Australia . In the fourth issue on 1 June 1882, James Lillywhite refers to first-class matches on the tour but gives a different list. The earliest known match scorecards date from 1744 but few have been found before 1772. The cards for three 1772 matches have survived and scorecards became increasingly common thereafter. At
273-399: Is a fairly comprehensive store of data about 19th century matches, certainly since 1825. Subsequently, Webber's view was challenged by Bill Frindall who believed that 1815 should be the startpoint to encompass the entire roundarm bowling phase of cricket's history, although roundarm did not begin in earnest until 1827. In Frindall's view, the inaugural first-class match should have been
312-465: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alastair Campbell (athlete) Alastair Keyon " Alec " Campbell (29 May 1890 — 16 June 1943) was a professional cricketer and footballer who played as a centre-half in nearly 200 games for Southampton in 196 appearances eitherside of the First World War , before briefly becoming manager at Chesterfield from April to December 1927. Whilst
351-438: Is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket . A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although in practice a team might play only one innings or none at all. The etymology of "first-class cricket"
390-457: Is problematic for those cricket statisticians who wish to categorise earlier matches in the same way. They have responded by compiling their own match lists and allocating a strictly unofficial first-class status to the matches they consider to have been of a high standard. It is therefore a matter of opinion only with no official support. Inevitable differences have arisen and there are variations in published cricket statistics . In November 2021,
429-473: Is unknown, but the term was used loosely before it acquired official status in 1895, following a meeting of leading English clubs. At a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) in 1947, it was formally defined on a global basis. A significant omission of the ICC ruling was any attempt to define first-class cricket retrospectively. That has left historians, and especially statisticians, with
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#1732924231899468-473: The 1909 County Championship . In seven first-class matches, he scored 91 runs at an average of 9.10, with a highest score of 21. Campbell was spotted by Southampton , with him joining the club in 1908. He made his professional debut in a Southern League match at Millwall on 27 February 1909, as a replacement for Bert Trueman . He "quickly emerged as one of the club's brightest-ever prospects". Two further appearances for Southampton followed, before he
507-781: The Belfast Military Hospital . Given a few months to live, he returned to England, where he died of pneumonia at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham in June 1943. Having been cremated at Southampton Crematorium, he is commemorated on the war memorial at South Stoneham Garden of Rest . First-class cricket First-class cricket One Day International Limited overs (domestic) Twenty20 International Twenty20 (domestic) Other forms First-class cricket , along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket ,
546-640: The Football League for the 1920–21 season . Under his captaincy and McIntyre's management, Southampton just missed out on promotion in their first season, but a year later the pair had successfully guided Southampton into Division Two as champions of the Football League Division 3 (South) , having gained promotion by having a superior goal difference to Plymouth Argyle . During his second spell at Southampton, he made 196 appearances and scored fifteen goals. Campbell remained with Southampton until
585-459: The Netherlands , the only known occasion that a schoolboy has represented his country at that level. Campbell played first-class cricket for Hampshire , making his debut in the 1908 County Championship against Northamptonshire at Northampton , with him making a further appearance in 1908 against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham . The following season, he made a further five appearances in
624-498: The 1919–20 season, he lost his place to George Bradburn , before regaining it in March for the remainder of the season, and being appointed team captain . At 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) he was a distinctive figure on the pitch with his "telescopic legs", who according to Holley and Chalk was "undoubtedly one of the club's best-ever centre-halves" During the management of Jimmy McIntyre when Southampton were admitted into Division 3 of
663-586: The ACS had published its Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles, 1709–1863 in which it listed all the known matches during that period which it considered to have historical importance. The ACS did stipulate that they had taken a more lenient view of importance regarding matches played in the 18th century than they did of matches played in the 19th century. As they explained, surviving details of 18th century matches are typically incomplete while there
702-464: The ACS' Important Matches guide, which have left no scorecard and for which only a brief announcement or report exists, must be based on other factors. Contemporary importance was often measured by the amount of money at stake and the fact that a match was deemed notable enough to be reported in the press. The 18th century matches in the ACS list were primarily compiled to assist historians. The earliest match known to have been accorded superior status in
741-523: The Artillery Cadet School. During the war he guested for West Ham United as well as turning out regularly for Southampton. Although he was offered terms to join West Ham at the end of the war, he decided to stay in Southampton, where he had been offered a directorship with a firm of fruit importers. After regular football had restarted in 1919 , Campbell returned to play for Southampton. Early in
780-419: The ICC and the application of ICC conditions when the match is played. In 2010, the ICC published its Classification of Official Cricket which includes the criteria with which a match must comply to achieve a desired categorisation. In the section on first-class cricket, there is a list of the types of match that should qualify. It is important to note, given the differences in opinion about what constitutes
819-463: The ICC retrospectively applied first-class status to women's cricket , aligning it with the men's game. A key issue for the statisticians is when first-class cricket for their purpose is deemed to have begun. Writing in 1951, Roy Webber argued that the majority of matches prior to 1864 (i.e., the year in which overarm bowling was legalised) "cannot be regarded as first-class" and their records are used "for their historical associations". This drew
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#1732924231899858-621: The answers. In 1880, the Cricket Reporting Agency was founded. It acquired influence through the decade especially by association with Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ( Wisden ) and the press came to generally rely on its information and opinions. The term acquired official status, though limited to matches in Great Britain, following a meeting at Lord's in May 1894 between the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) committee and
897-400: The beginning of the 1860s, there were only four formally constituted county clubs. Sussex was the oldest, formed in 1839, and it had been followed by Kent , Nottinghamshire and Surrey . In the early 1860s, several more county clubs were founded, and questions began to be raised in the sporting press about which should be categorised as first-class, but there was considerable disagreement in
936-431: The country's highest playing standard. Later ICC rulings make it possible for international teams from associate members of the ICC to achieve first-class status but it is dependent on the status of their opponents in a given match. According to the ICC definition, a match may be adjudged first-class if: A Test match is a first-class match played between two ICC full member countries, subject to their current status at
975-492: The end of the 1925–26 season , when, now aged 36, he joined Poole Town . Poole had just turned professional and joined the Southern League , Eastern Division. Although only placed 14th out of 17 sides in 1926–27, the season was distinguished by an excellent FA Cup run; Poole defeated Third Division (South) side Newport County 1–0 in the first round, followed by a 2–1 away victory against Isthmian League side Nunhead in
1014-571: The inaugural first-class match was the opening game of the 1864 season between Cambridge University and MCC at Fenner's on 12 and 13 May, Cambridge winning by 6 wickets. When the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) published its Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles in 1982, it tentatively agreed with Webber's 1864 start date by saying that "the line between first-class and other matches becomes more easily discernible about that date". A year earlier,
1053-435: The inaugural first-class match was the opening game of the 1895 season between MCC and Nottinghamshire at Lord's on 1 and 2 May, MCC winning by 37 runs. " Test match " was another loosely applied term at the time but the first list of matches considered to be "Tests" was conceived and published by South Australian journalist Clarence P. Moody in his 1894 book, Australian Cricket and Cricketers, 1856 to 1893–94 . His proposal
1092-710: The internet, the CricketArchive (CA) and ESPN Cricinfo (CI) databases both say the earliest first-class match was Hampshire v England at Broadhalfpenny Down on 24 and 25 June 1772. At that time, cricket matches were played with a two-stump wicket and exclusively underarm bowling , although other features of the modern game had been introduced. The opinion of these databases has been repudiated by both Wisden and Playfair Cricket Annual . Wisden agrees with Frindall by commencing its first-class records in 1815. Playfair supports Webber and begins its records in 1864. The status of earlier matches, including many in
1131-523: The opening game of the 1815 season between MCC and Middlesex at Lord's on 31 May and 1 June, Middlesex winning by 16 runs. Notwithstanding Frindall's reputation, Webber's view has been revived and reinforced in recent times. For example, the Kent researcher Derek Carlaw began his study of Kent cricketers since 1806 by stating: "Part One is confined to players who appeared for Kent in important matches from 1806 to 1863 and first-class matches from 1864 to 1914". On
1170-586: The problem of how to categorise earlier matches, especially those played in Great Britain before 1895. The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) has published a list of early matches which are believed to have been of a high standard. Test cricket , the highest standard of cricket, is statistically a form of first-class cricket, though the term "first-class" is mainly used to refer to domestic competition. A player's first-class statistics include any performances in Test matches. Before 1894 "first-class"
1209-411: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alistair_Campbell&oldid=1185343362 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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1248-436: The second round. In the third round, Poole met First Division Everton in front of 65,000 at Goodison Park , where they were beaten 3–1 by a Dixie Dean hat-trick. Campbell ended his playing career with Poole. In April 1927 Campbell was appointed manager at Chesterfield , remaining only until December. In his 25 games in charge, Chesterfield picked up nine victories with eleven defeats. While manager at Chesterfield, he
1287-486: The secretaries of the clubs involved in the official County Championship , which had begun in 1890. As a result, those clubs became first-class from 1895 along with MCC, Cambridge University , Oxford University , senior cricket touring teams (i.e., Australia and South Africa at that time) and other teams designated as such by MCC (e.g., North v South , Gentlemen v Players and occasional "elevens" which consisted of recognised first-class players). Officially, therefore,
1326-605: The status of teams. For example, MCC was authorised to determine the status of matches played in Great Britain. To all intents and purposes, the 1947 ICC definition confirmed the 1894 MCC definition, and gave it international recognition and usage. Hence, official judgment of status is the responsibility of the governing body in each country that is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The governing body grants first-class status to international teams and to domestic teams that are representative of
1365-588: Was a common adjective applied to cricket matches in England, used loosely to suggest that a match had a high standard; adjectives like "great", "important" and "major" were also loosely applied to such matches, but there tended to be differences of opinion. In the inaugural issue of Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game on 10 May 1882, the term is used twice on page 2 in reference to the recently completed tour of Australia and New Zealand by Alfred Shaw's XI . The report says it
1404-616: Was engaged as a club cricketer . After leaving Chesterfield he quit football entirely. Returning to Southampton, Campbell was declared bankrupt the following year when the fruit importing business in which he held a directorship had unwisely invested in Brazilian bananas. Campbell served as an emergency commission in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War , holding the rank of lieutenant . He fell ill in 1942, spending time in
1443-540: Was formally defined by the then Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) on 19 May 1947. It was made clear that the definition "will not have retrospective effect". The definition is as follows: A match of three or more days' duration between two sides of eleven players officially adjudged first-class, shall be regarded as a first-class fixture. Matches in which either team have more than eleven players or which are scheduled for less than three days shall not be regarded as first-class. The Governing body in each country shall decide
1482-577: Was persuaded to join Samuel Hill-Wood 's team at Glossop North End in September 1909, together with several other amateur internationals. He remained at Glossop until January 1914, making ten appearances. He then returned to Southampton, when he was offered employment as district manager of the Hyde Abbey Brewery. Upon his return, he resigned for Southampton as an amateur, but turned professional
1521-592: Was widely accepted after a list of 39 matches was reproduced in the 28 December 1894 issue of Cricket magazine. The list began with the Melbourne Cricket Ground match played 15–17 March 1877 and ended with a recent match at the Association Ground, Sydney played 14–20 December 1894. All of Moody's matches, plus four additional ones, were retrospectively recognised as Test matches and also, thereby, as first-class matches. The term "first-class cricket"
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