1962 English cricket season

none March 2015 March 2015 1961 1961 English cricket season 1963 1963 English cricket season 1962 was the 63rd season of County Championship cricket in England. It was also the last season to feature the venerable Gentlemen v Players fixture: as a result of the distinction between amateurs ("Gentlemen") and professionals ("Players") being abolished following the end of the season, all first-class cricketers became nominally professional (or "Players"). Yorkshire won the County Championship, and England easily defeated an inexperienced Pakistan team. Honours Test Series – England 4–0 Pakistan; one match drawn County Championship – Yorkshire Minor Counties Championship – Warwickshire II Second XI Championship – Worcestershire II Wisden Cricketers of the Yeara a none – Don Kenyon, Mushtaq Mohammad, Peter Parfitt, Phil Sharpe, Fred Titmus Pakistani tour Pakistani cricket team in England in 1962 England easily beat an inexperienced Pakistan team 4–0 with one match drawn: 1st Test at Edgbaston – England won by an innings and 24 runsWisden 1963, pp. 314–315. 2nd Test at Lord's – England won by 9 wicketsWisden 1963, pp. 319–321. 3rd Test at Headingley – England won by an innings and 117 runsWisden 1963, pp. 323–324. 4th Test at Trent Bridge – match drawnWisden 1963, pp. 328–330. 5th Test at The Oval – England won by 10 wicketsWisden 1963, pp. 332–334. County Championship 1962 County Championship Other major fixtures MCC v Yorkshire MCC v Surrey University Match Gentlemen v Players There were two matches in 1962. The first was at Lord's from Wednesday, 18 July to Friday, 20 July and was drawn. The teams were captained by Ted Dexter (Gentlemen) and Fred Trueman (Players).Wisden 1963, pp. 357–358. The second match was played at the North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough from Saturday, 8 September to Tuesday, 11 September. The Players won by 7 wickets. Mike Smith captained the Gentlemen in this match and Trueman again led the Players.Wisden 1963, p. 741. The match at Scarborough was also the final edition of the fixture which began in 1806: from the start of the 1963 season, amateur status in first-class cricket was abolished. Thus, all players thenceforward had equal status as cricketers and were nominally professionals or "Players", with the "Gentlemen" ceasing to exist.Wisden 1963, pp. 137–140. ESPNcricinfo has a photograph of Fred Trueman leading out the Players XI for the start of the match at Lord's on 18 July. Immediately behind Trueman are Tom Graveney (left, laughing) and Derek Shackleton. Wicket-keeper Keith Andrew is mostly hidden by Graveney. Norman Gifford (left) and Peter Walker (very tall) have just stepped onto the field. At the bottom of the steps are John Edrich (left) and Peter Parfitt. Phil Sharpe is behind Edrich and almost completely hidden apart from his Yorkshire cap. Fred Titmus is behind Sharpe and Micky Stewart is near the top of the steps.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/image/591632.html Fred Trueman leads out the Players, Gentlemen v Players, Lord's, 18 July 1962 ESPNcricinfo 22 August 2016 There is a team photograph of the Gentlemen XI in the Lord's match. They were: (back row, l to r) Roger Prideaux, David Pithey, Ossie Wheatley, Tony Lewis, Alan Smith (wk), Edward Craig; (front row, l to r) Bob Barber, Trevor Bailey, Ted Dexter (captain), David Sheppard, Mike Smith.http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/40bcc9a5dc354bf3b9618fd60cffa065/cricket-gentlemen-v-players-1962-lords-g61ref.jpg Gentlemen team, Gentlemen v Players, Lord's, 18 July 1962 ESPNcricinfo 22 August 2016 Wisden Cricketers of the Year In its 1963 edition, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack announced that its five cricketers of the 1962 season were Don Kenyon, Mushtaq Mohammad, Peter Parfitt, Phil Sharpe and Fred Titmus.Wisden 1963, pp. 156–172. As a rule, though it has occasionally been broken, Wisden never selects a player more than once.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153105.html The first century, 1989 – Wisden's cricketers of the year Anthony Bradbury Wisden Almanack 1989 ESPNcricinfo 21 August 2016 Among players of 1962 who had been selected previously were Trevor Bailey in 1950; Tom Graveney, David Sheppard and Fred Trueman in 1953; Tony Lock in 1954; Fazal Mahmood and Brian Statham in 1955; Colin Cowdrey in 1956; Micky Stewart in 1958; Derek Shackleton in 1959; Ken Barrington, Ray Illingworth and Geoff Pullar in 1960; Ted Dexter and Vic Wilson in 1961.http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/209422.html Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year ESPNcricinfo Wisden Almanack 16 May 2005 21 August 2016 Achievements Bill Alley did the double, with 1,915 runs and 112 wicketshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1477800/Bill-Alley.html Bill Alley - Obituary The Daily Telegraph 30 Nov 2004 July 7, 2019 Batting Tom Graveney topped the averages with 2,269 runs at 54.02 Bowling David Sydenham topped the averages with 115 wickets at 17.65 Footnotes • a)a a none The Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 1962 were announced in the 1963 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. See also History of English amateur cricket and Amateur status in first-class cricket References Annual reviews Playfair Playfair Cricket Annual (16th edition) 1963 Ross Gordon Gordon Ross (writer) Playfair Books Ltd London Wisden Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 100th edition 1963 Preston Norman Norman Preston Sporting Handbooks Ltd London Further reading Barclays Barclays World of Cricket Swanton E. W. E. W. Swanton Willow Books 1986 0-00-218193-2 Birley Derek Derek Birley A Social History of English Cricket 1999 Aurum 1-85410-710-0 Trueman Fred Fred Trueman As It Was 2004 Macmillan External links CricketArchive – season summary English Domestic Season, 1962 at ESPN Cricinfo Category:1962 in English cricket Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century