Ned Gregory
Encyclopedia
Edward James Gregory (29 May 1839 in Waverley
, New South Wales
– 22 April 1899 in Randwick
, New South Wales
) was an Australia
n cricketer
who played in the first recognised Test
in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
Ned was the father of a famous Australian cricketer, Syd Gregory
, and brother of Dave Gregory
who captained the first Australian eleven in England in 1878. Ned was also father-in-law of Harry Donnan
.
In the latter part of his life he was custodian of the Association ground at Sydney (later to be known as the Sydney Cricket Ground
) after building the scoreboard there.
Both Gregory and Nat Thomson
are indicated by Wisden
to have been born on the same day, and jointly hold the distinction of being earliest-born Australian Test cricketer.
Edward James (Ned) Gregory (29 May 1839 in Waverley
, New South Wales
– 22 April 1899 in Randwick
, New South Wales
) was an Australia
n cricketer
who played in the first recognised Test
in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
Ned was the father of a famous Australian cricketer, Syd Gregory
, and brother of Dave Gregory
who captained the first Australian eleven in England in 1878. Ned was also father-in-law of Harry Donnan
.
In the latter part of his life he was custodian of the Association ground at Sydney (later to be known as the Sydney Cricket Ground
) after building the scoreboard there.
Both Gregory and Nat Thomson
are indicated by Wisden
to have been born on the same day, and jointly hold the distinction of being earliest-born Australian Test cricketer.
Edward James (Ned) Gregory (29 May 1839 in Waverley
, New South Wales
– 22 April 1899 in Randwick
, New South Wales
) was an Australia
n cricketer
who played in the first recognised Test
in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
Ned was the father of a famous Australian cricketer, Syd Gregory
, and brother of Dave Gregory
who captained the first Australian eleven in England in 1878. Ned was also father-in-law of Harry Donnan
.
In the latter part of his life he was custodian of the Association ground at Sydney (later to be known as the Sydney Cricket Ground
) after building the scoreboard there.
Both Gregory and Nat Thomson
are indicated by Wisden
to have been born on the same day, and jointly hold the distinction of being earliest-born Australian Test cricketer.
Waverley, New South Wales
Waverley is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Waverley is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council....
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
– 22 April 1899 in Randwick
Randwick, New South Wales
Randwick is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwick...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
) was an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who played in the first recognised Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
Ned was the father of a famous Australian cricketer, Syd Gregory
Syd Gregory
Sydney Edward Gregory , sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. At the time of his retirement, he had played a world-record 58 Test matches during a career spanning 1890 to 1912...
, and brother of Dave Gregory
Dave Gregory (cricketer)
David William Gregory was an Australian cricketer of the 19th century. A right-handed batsman, Gregory was the first Australian national cricket captain, leading the side for the first three recognised Test matches between England and Australia in March and April 1877 and January 1879...
who captained the first Australian eleven in England in 1878. Ned was also father-in-law of Harry Donnan
Harry Donnan
Henry "Harry" Donnan was an Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests between 1892 and 1896....
.
In the latter part of his life he was custodian of the Association ground at Sydney (later to be known as the Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
) after building the scoreboard there.
Both Gregory and Nat Thomson
Nat Thomson
Nathaniel Frampton Davis Thomson was an Australian cricketer who played in the first two Tests ever played, in 1877...
are indicated by Wisden
Wisden
The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd, publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As well as John Wisden & Co, the group included the The Wisden Cricketer magazine, Cricinfo – the world's highest traffic cricket website – and the Hawk-Eye computerised...
to have been born on the same day, and jointly hold the distinction of being earliest-born Australian Test cricketer.
See also
- One Test WonderOne Test WonderIn cricket, a One-Test wonder is usually a cricketer who is only selected for one Test match during his career and never represents his country again . Examples include Andy Ganteaume, who scored 112 for the West Indies in his only Test innings in 1948...
Edward James (Ned) Gregory (29 May 1839 in Waverley
Waverley, New South Wales
Waverley is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Waverley is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council....
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
– 22 April 1899 in Randwick
Randwick, New South Wales
Randwick is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwick...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
) was an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who played in the first recognised Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
Ned was the father of a famous Australian cricketer, Syd Gregory
Syd Gregory
Sydney Edward Gregory , sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. At the time of his retirement, he had played a world-record 58 Test matches during a career spanning 1890 to 1912...
, and brother of Dave Gregory
Dave Gregory (cricketer)
David William Gregory was an Australian cricketer of the 19th century. A right-handed batsman, Gregory was the first Australian national cricket captain, leading the side for the first three recognised Test matches between England and Australia in March and April 1877 and January 1879...
who captained the first Australian eleven in England in 1878. Ned was also father-in-law of Harry Donnan
Harry Donnan
Henry "Harry" Donnan was an Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests between 1892 and 1896....
.
In the latter part of his life he was custodian of the Association ground at Sydney (later to be known as the Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
) after building the scoreboard there.
Both Gregory and Nat Thomson
Nat Thomson
Nathaniel Frampton Davis Thomson was an Australian cricketer who played in the first two Tests ever played, in 1877...
are indicated by Wisden
Wisden
The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd, publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As well as John Wisden & Co, the group included the The Wisden Cricketer magazine, Cricinfo – the world's highest traffic cricket website – and the Hawk-Eye computerised...
to have been born on the same day, and jointly hold the distinction of being earliest-born Australian Test cricketer.
See also
- One Test WonderOne Test WonderIn cricket, a One-Test wonder is usually a cricketer who is only selected for one Test match during his career and never represents his country again . Examples include Andy Ganteaume, who scored 112 for the West Indies in his only Test innings in 1948...
Edward James (Ned) Gregory (29 May 1839 in Waverley
Waverley, New South Wales
Waverley is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Waverley is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council....
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
– 22 April 1899 in Randwick
Randwick, New South Wales
Randwick is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwick...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
) was an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who played in the first recognised Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
Ned was the father of a famous Australian cricketer, Syd Gregory
Syd Gregory
Sydney Edward Gregory , sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. At the time of his retirement, he had played a world-record 58 Test matches during a career spanning 1890 to 1912...
, and brother of Dave Gregory
Dave Gregory (cricketer)
David William Gregory was an Australian cricketer of the 19th century. A right-handed batsman, Gregory was the first Australian national cricket captain, leading the side for the first three recognised Test matches between England and Australia in March and April 1877 and January 1879...
who captained the first Australian eleven in England in 1878. Ned was also father-in-law of Harry Donnan
Harry Donnan
Henry "Harry" Donnan was an Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests between 1892 and 1896....
.
In the latter part of his life he was custodian of the Association ground at Sydney (later to be known as the Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
) after building the scoreboard there.
Both Gregory and Nat Thomson
Nat Thomson
Nathaniel Frampton Davis Thomson was an Australian cricketer who played in the first two Tests ever played, in 1877...
are indicated by Wisden
Wisden
The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd, publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As well as John Wisden & Co, the group included the The Wisden Cricketer magazine, Cricinfo – the world's highest traffic cricket website – and the Hawk-Eye computerised...
to have been born on the same day, and jointly hold the distinction of being earliest-born Australian Test cricketer.
See also
- One Test WonderOne Test WonderIn cricket, a One-Test wonder is usually a cricketer who is only selected for one Test match during his career and never represents his country again . Examples include Andy Ganteaume, who scored 112 for the West Indies in his only Test innings in 1948...