On 03/04/2024 08:45, John Hall wrote:
> In message <440e00cf6cac2efbc5d5d593544b00e2@www.novabbs.com>, miked
> <dmike204@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>> Also in Kents game it seems as if both Denlys, father and son played
>> on the same team. At least Joe batted, and Jadyn bowled.
>
> I see that Joe Denly is only 38, so he must have become a father when
> still pretty young.
>
>> I wondered whether this had happened before for a county, and was told
>> on another forum [within 10 minutes!] that it was the Lillywhites, but
>> this must have been like 150 yrs ago!
>>
>> Not for county teams, but some other places on the net said that Bedi
>> and his son played in matches together, so did Geoff Marsh and his
>> son, and Lillee and his son also at least once, but the status
>> of any of those matches wasnt mentioned.
>
> There's a much more recent instance in England than the Lillywhites. In
> 1931, at the age of 52 George Gunn scored 183 for Notts against
> Warwickshire, with his son scoring 100 not out in the same innings, both
> scoring hundreds being a unique occurrence in first-class cricket.
>
> I suspect that there are more recent instances than that in county
> cricket of father and son playing together, but without both of then
> scoring centuries of course.

Alan and Mark Butcher played on opposing sides in a Sunday League match
in 1991.

Not county cricket, but Shivnarine and Tagenarine Chanderpaul played FC
cricket together for Guyana.

In 1957, CK Nayudu (aged 61) played for Uttar Pradesh against Bombay in
the Ranji Trophy alongside his son CN and his brother CS. There was a
4th Nayudu (SS) in the team, but he doesn't seem to have been related.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-1956-57-485285/uttar-pradesh-vs-bombay-557826/full-scorecard

--
David North

In message <8185b97417c3a42a8233747323088822@www.novabbs.com>, miked
<dmike204@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>John Hall wrote:
>
>> In message <440e00cf6cac2efbc5d5d593544b00e2@www.novabbs.com>, miked
>><dmike204@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>>>Also in Kents game it seems as if both Denlys, father and son played
>>>on the same team. At least Joe batted, and Jadyn bowled.
>
>> I see that Joe Denly is only 38, so he must have become a father when
>>still pretty young.
>
>>> I wondered whether this had happened before for a county, and was
>>>told on another forum [within 10 minutes!] that it was the
>>>Lillywhites, but this must have been like 150 yrs ago!
>>>
>>>Not for county teams, but some other places on the net said that Bedi
>>>and his son played in matches together, so did Geoff Marsh and his
>>>son, and Lillee and his son also at least once, but the status
>>>of any of those matches wasnt mentioned.
>
>> There's a much more recent instance in England than the Lillywhites.
>>In 1931, at the age of 52 George Gunn scored 183 for Notts against
>>Warwickshire, with his son scoring 100 not out in the same innings,
>>both scoring hundreds being a unique occurrence in first-class cricket.
>
>> I suspect that there are more recent instances than that in county
>>cricket of father and son playing together, but without both of then
>>scoring centuries of course.
>
>That really is so remarkable i'm surprised its not better known. Imagine what
>the media would do with that today, but i expect back in the day, they
>just had a pint in the pub. Incidentally wiki says that when play ended
>Gunn jr was on 95 but Charles Harris persuaded Arthur Carr the Warwicks
>captain to continue so young Gunn could get his 100. There must be something
>wrong with this as Carr was of course the Notts captain!

Well spotted. I've corrected the Wiki article.

Something similar happened when John Edrich scored his 100th hundred
ISTR, with the opposing captain allowing the extra half-hour to be taken
so he could complete it, even though there was no prospect of a result.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

On 2024-04-03, John Hall <john_nospam@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <440e00cf6cac2efbc5d5d593544b00e2@www.novabbs.com>, miked
><dmike204@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>>Also in Kents game it seems as if both Denlys, father and son played
>>on the same team. At least Joe batted, and Jadyn bowled.
>
> I see that Joe Denly is only 38, so he must have become a father when
> still pretty young.
>

Jaydn is Joe's nephew

Mister Johnson wrote:

> On 2024-04-03, John Hall <john_nospam@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>> In message <440e00cf6cac2efbc5d5d593544b00e2@www.novabbs.com>, miked
>><dmike204@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>>>Also in Kents game it seems as if both Denlys, father and son played
>>>on the same team. At least Joe batted, and Jadyn bowled.
>>
>> I see that Joe Denly is only 38, so he must have become a father when
>> still pretty young.
>>

> Jaydn is Joe's nephew

My bad. Again.

mike