Lives in Cricket No 37 - William Clarke

135 Index Brown, Charles 45, 48, 89, 93, 102, 109 Brown, George 25, 36, 95 Brown, G.G. 91 Bs, The (cricket team) 33 Budd, E.H. 39 Bunker’s Hill, Nottingham 8, 9 Bunny, Notts 15 Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire 47, 72 Bury and Norwich Post newspaper 29 Bury St Edmunds Club/team 29, 102 Bury and Suffolk Club 79 Butler, George 46, 48, 60, 63-65 Buttress, William 98, 99, 103 Caffyn, William 60-63, 66, 73, 76, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 95, 96, 99 Caldecourt, W.H. 25, 45, 65 Cambridge 34, 38, 40, 51, 76, 96, 102 Cambridge Town Club 34, 38, 40, 51, 76, 96, 102 Cambridge University CC 6, 21, 61, 66, 102 Cambridge, Fenner’s Ground 76 Cambridgeshire (county team) 34, 36 Canterbury Festival matches 58, 73, 74, 79, 92, 99, 102, 104 Canterbury, Kent 52, 53, 61, 98, 107 Carlisle XXII 81 Carlton Theatre, Haymarket 106 Carrington, Nottingham 50 Castle Yard, Nottingham 24 Census 1841 9, 47, 112 Census 1851 56, 86, 93, 106, 109, 111 Chaddesden, Derbyshire 47 Chamberlayne, Thomas 50-51 champion county 26, 36, 102 ‘championship belt’ 36 Chapel Bar, Nottingham 25 Chapman (formerly Thompson), Mary Ann 66 Chapman, George 28 Chapman, John 43-45, 50, 56, 57, 75, 76, 80, 81, 86, 87, 93, 111-112 Chapman, Mary Ann see Clarke, Mary Ann Chapman, Samuel jr 43, 55, 72 Chapman, Samuel sr 28, 34, 43 Chapman’s XI, Samuel 28, 43 Chapman, William 24, 31, 46 Charlton family 24 Charlton, T.B. 24, 46-48 Chatterton, George 80, 81, 91, 92, 95 Chelsea, Prince’s Ground 73 Cheshire XXII 108 Cheslyn, Richard 38 Chilwell, Notts 24, 26, 31, 46 Chislehurst, Kent 36, 74 Christ Church, Oxford 109 Cirencester, Park Ground 109 Clarke family tree 10 Clarke, Alfred (son) 32, 48, 88, 103, 103 , 109-110, 113 Clarke, Eliza (née Oliver) (daughter in law) 113 Clarke, Frances (daughter) 32, 112 Clarke, Jane (later Hardy, Borrington) (daughter) 32, 48, 112, 112 Clarke, Jane (née Wigley) (first wife) 11, 12, 42 Clarke, John (father) 9 Clarke, John (son) 32, 112 Clarke, Mary (daughter) 11 Clarke, Mary (née Bannister) (mother) 9 Clarke, Mary Ann (née Singlehurst, later Chapman) (second wife) 34, 35, 43, 56, 57, 111 Clarke, Matilda (later Gunn) (daughter) 32, 112 Clarke, Samuel and William (possible nephews) 9 Clarke, Sarah Jane (granddaughter) 113 Clarke, William 68 , 74 ‘all ten wickets’ report 52, 53 batting methods 23 ( see also Appendix Two) benefit matches 51, 58, 108 betting habits 106 birth and baptism 8, 9 bowling in 1855 season 106-108 bowling methods 17, 21-23, 77-78, 85, 99, 107, 108 ( see also Appendix Two) breakdown of second marriage 56, 57 bricklayer 11 challenges MCC to play Notts 48-50 ‘cigar’ incident 67 co-opted into Kent side 104 criticism in Bell’s Life 93-96 death and burial 109-110, 110 death of first wife 11, 42 dictatorial streak 6 diet 23 early cricketing 12, 14-16 eyesight 14, 16, 28, 34, 107 first ‘first-class’ match 17, 30 first fifty in ‘first-class’ cricket 32 first match at Lord’s 38 fives player 28, 34 ‘founder’ of Trent Bridge ground 43, 44, 45 gait 69 height and weight 11 highest score in ‘first-class’ cricket 50 humour 67, 88, 90 MCC groundstaff member 57, 67, 79, 83 last ‘first-class’ match 107, 108 last match at Nottingham 108, 109 last match for AEE 109 later ill-health 107, 109 leaves Trent Bridge Inn 56, 57 marriage to Jane Wigley 1 marriage to Mary Chapman 43 matches by season 1821 26, 27 1822 27, 28 1823 28, 29 1824 29 1825 29, 30 1826 30 1827 30, 31