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 NICC Professionals (1860 - present)

The following is a list of the 'Professional' cricketers who have played for the club over its long and distinguished hisatory. Some of them will only have played for part of the season while others would have played the complete season.

YEAR NAME DETAILS
2001    
2000 Daryl Anderson South Africa
1999 Ralph Coetzee South Africa
1998 Wasim Haider Pakistan
1997 Wasim Haider Pakistan
1996 Mathew Horne New Zealand
1995 Shane Walker Australia
     
1983 K. Skjoldhammer South Africa
1982 K. Skjoldhammer South Africa
1981 K. Skjoldhammer South Africa
     
1957 Oldfield Lancashire - 22nd April - 3rd May
     
1950 J.V. Daley Surrey
1949 Charles Lowings (part time)
1948 Charles Lowings (part time)
     
1939 Rogers  
1938 Rogers  
1937 A. Pilson Somerset
1936 A.J. Chapman  
     
1935 ?  
1934 K. Harris  
1933 MacNamarra  
1932 G.C. Wilson  
1931 Horsley  
1930 Horsley  
1929 Horsley  
1928 T. Nash  
1927 T. Nash  
1926 T. Nash  
1925 ?  
1924 M.J. Bunyan  
1923 M.J. Bunyan  
1922 M.J. Bunyan  
1921 M.J. Bunyan  
1920 M.J. Bunyan  
1919 Beardsworth (took ill and replaced by Anderson)
  Anderson  
     
1914 B. Flint  
1913 Henry Orr  
1912 R. Rawlings  
     
1903 T. Stead  
1901 Baines  
1900 Baines  
1899 Baines  
1898 Baines Acting also as Assistant Secretary
1897 Baines  
1896 Dyer  
  Baines  
1895 Peck  
1894 Baines  
  Rippin  
1893 Baines  
  Campbell  
1892 A. Bird (brothers)
  E. Bird (brothers)
1891 A. Bird  
  P. Dannatt  
1890 George H. Remnant Terminated 1st Sept.
1889 George H. Remnant  
  Dannett Yorks - 19 weeks plus fare
1888 George H. Remnant  
  Gutteridge 18 weeks plus fare
1887 George H. Remnant  
  Waterfall  
1886 George H. Remnant  
  Vassilla 19 weeks plus return fare, London
1885 George H. Remnant Yorkshire
  William Watson Yorkshire
1884 George H. Remnant Yorkshire
  William Watson Yorkshire
1883 George H. Remnant Yorkshire
  William Watson Yorkshire
1882 Thomas Heighes  
  W.W. Ferrands (Nottinghamshire)
  J.C. Hind (Derbyshire)
1881 T. Heighes
  W.J. Nicholls (Nottinghamshire)
  J.C. Hind (Derbyshire)
1880 T. Heighes (Recovering Health)
  W. Ruston (Middlesex, £37-12-0)
  W. Mattock (Sussex, £42-1-2)
1879 Amos Hind (Derbyshire £62-10-0)
  H. Watson (Nottingham £38-8-6)
  T. Heighes (£32-0-0 plus winter wages £10) (note in minute book "Heighes in poor health")
1878 T. Heighes (winter £10-0-0) + (for Football Club washing paid £20-0-0)
  A. Hind (Derbyshire, 24 weeks £68. 2. 6)
  G. Morton (Notts; 21& 1/2 weeks and Travelling Expenses £52-2-6)
1877 Thomas Heighes (26 weeks £32-0-0 plus £10 winter wage)
  William Oscroft (Notts, born Dec 16, 1843 at Arnold, Notts died 1905; Opening 4 1/2 weeks, wages £18-0-0 plus expenses £2-18-0. A fine batsman, can drive and hit well to leg, a good field and fair change bowler. ref Lillywhite,scored 140* Notts v Kent 1880)
  F. Hartley (Yorkshire 20 1/2 weeks £40- 6-8 plus expenses £3-0-0 )
  T. Smith ( Nottingham, 16 weeks £32-0-0 plus travel £3 - 16 - 0; ref Lillywhite)
1876 Thomas Heighes (winter £10-0-0)
  F. Charlwood (Sussex 18 weeks £40-10-0; Sussex averages 1879, ref. Lillywhite)
  F. Hartley (Yorkshire 11 1/2 weeks £23.0.0 plus expenses £3-0-0)
1875 Thomas Heighes (26 weeks)
  Arnold Rylott (Leicestershire - born 18 Feb. 1840. died 1914 - Is engaged at Lord's being a destructive fast left arm bowler, Lillywhite batting and bowling averages 1876)
  Brookless (Yorkshire)
1874 Thomas Heighes  
  A. Rylott Lincolnshire
1873 Thomas Heighes  
  C. Anthony  
1872 Thomas Heighes  
  W. Ollerenshaw  
     
1871 Thomas Heighes  
  J. Robson  
1870 Thomas Heighes  
  Quirke  
  M. Handley (10 wickets v English Civil Service at London)
1869 Thomas Heighes  
  E.C. Keely  
1868 Thomas Heighes (born Bedale, Yorkshire 15 Sept 1834, is a good all round cricketer. ref Lillywhite 1876)
  T. Blaikie  
  Roger Iddison  
  Luke Greenwood (born Comus Lepton nr Huddersfield, Yorkshire 13 July 1834. He is a very straight bowler, an excellent bat; in fact a very good cricketer all round. Players v. Gentlemen 1876 ref Lillywhite 1877)
1867 Thomas Heighes  
  Luke Greenwood  
  Roger Iddison (Roger Iddison kept wicket in 22 NICC XI v. All England XI)
1866 Thomas Heighes (Move to NEW ground - Ormeau; very little cricket played)
  Pollard  
1865 Thomas Heighes  
  Lindsay (?)  
1864 Thomas Heighes  
  Dalway  
  Russell  
1863 Thomas Heighes  
  Dalway  
  Russell  
1862 Thomas Heighes  
  Dalway  
  Russell  
1861 Thomas Heighes (Hampshire)
1860 Thomas Heighes Played in Club's first match v. Ballymena, 7th June 1860 at Ballymena, scoring 50* and taking 5 wickets in 1st Inns and 8 in 2nd Inns; Played in the 22 of NICC v. All Ireland XI scoring 35 runs and taking 6 wickets in match; 1860 season, played in 8 matches taking 63 wickets.

Many thanks to Fred Allen for providing another very important part of our history.

 
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