Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield he presented a donation of £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association which was used to purchase a plate and establish the competition known as the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Lord Sheffield died in Beaulieu, France, in April 1909, aged 77. Rumoured to be homosexual, he remained unmarried, and on his death the earldom became extinct. However, he was succeeded in his junior title of Baron Sheffield, which had a special remainder that allowed it to be passed through female lines, by his first cousin once removed, Edward Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley.
Allahabad Cricketers camp along with Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli, committed suicide at the age of 34. Allahabad has produced several cricketers for Under-19 and University of Allahabad cricket team. L.B. Kala, Ramesh Pal, Brijesh Sahay, B.N. Agrwal, Arun Singh, Ravindra Singh, Vinod Pandey, Alok Singh, Mohammad Asif and many others went on to play for the university team. Allahabad Cricketers has had several senior players from the Ranji trophy teams of Uttar Pradesh and Railways right from the beginning. Veteran players like K.B. Kala, Hyder Ali, Mohammad Tarif, Sekhar Anand, Giridhari Mishra, have guided players for many years. Allahabad Cricketers has