Roy Genders
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William Roy Genders was an English
cricketer
who played ten first-class
games just after the Second World War. Despite his short career, he nevertheless managed to appear for three counties: Derbyshire
, Worcestershire
and Somerset
.
After several games for Derbyshire in 1945 prior to the resumption of first-class cricket, Genders remained with that county in 1946, appearing thrice with very little success. During the next two seasons he played five times for Worcestershire, and it was here that he recorded his best performances. He made 55 not out
against his old club Derbyshire, and took all his three wickets for the county in a single match against Gloucestershire
; the most notable of his victims was probably "one-Test
wonder" George Emmett.
Genders' last two matches in first-class cricket came for Somerset in 1949, but scores of 3, 22, 0 and 4 were less than impressive and he never played county cricket again. His 22 came in Somerset's second innings against Cambridge University
in June 1949: all eleven Somerset players (and Extras) reached double figures, but none went on to score a half-century.
Genders wrote two books about cricket, one a history of Worcestershire County Cricket Club and the other concerning English league cricket. He also wrote a great many books on the subject of gardening.
Genders was born in Dore
, Derbyshire
; he died at the age of 72 in Worthing
, Sussex
.
England
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cricketer
Cricketer
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who played ten first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
games just after the Second World War. Despite his short career, he nevertheless managed to appear for three counties: Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
, Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
and Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
.
After several games for Derbyshire in 1945 prior to the resumption of first-class cricket, Genders remained with that county in 1946, appearing thrice with very little success. During the next two seasons he played five times for Worcestershire, and it was here that he recorded his best performances. He made 55 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
against his old club Derbyshire, and took all his three wickets for the county in a single match against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
; the most notable of his victims was probably "one-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...
wonder" George Emmett.
Genders' last two matches in first-class cricket came for Somerset in 1949, but scores of 3, 22, 0 and 4 were less than impressive and he never played county cricket again. His 22 came in Somerset's second innings against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
in June 1949: all eleven Somerset players (and Extras) reached double figures, but none went on to score a half-century.
Genders wrote two books about cricket, one a history of Worcestershire County Cricket Club and the other concerning English league cricket. He also wrote a great many books on the subject of gardening.
Genders was born in Dore
Dore
Dore is a village in South Yorkshire, England. The village lies on a hill above the River Sheaf, and until 1934 was part of Derbyshire, but it is now a suburb of Sheffield. It is served by Dore and Totley railway station on the Hope Valley Line...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
; he died at the age of 72 in Worthing
Worthing
Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester...
, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
.